California Globe

Gird your loins: While gas prices are going down throughout the country, California is increasing its gas tax. July 1, 2026, California’s state excise tax on gasoline increases to 63.4 cents per gallon, up from 61.2 cents, affirming the state’s highest-in-the nation gas taxes. 

More is never enough.

On top of the excise tax, Californians pay roughl...

California’s oil industry has been active for well over a century, and Los Angeles was always at the heart of it. By 1894, about 80 wells were already producing oil in the city, setting off a boom that peaked in the 1970s at nearly 

Part 8 of Division 7 of the Probate Code deals with accounts for the administration of estates of decedents in California. Chapter 1 contains general provisions.

Section 10900 requires an account to include both a financial statement and a report of administration. The statement of liabilities in the report of administration must include the three specified items of in...

In a sweeping decision issued Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Denise J. Casper, an Obama appointee, permanently enjoined key provisions of President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 14399 aimed at verifying U.S. citizenship in federal elections and bolstering election integrity. In doing so, Casper effectively disregarded recent Supreme Court precedent that has sharply curtailed...

Section 8010 requires the department to do four specified acts.

Section 8022 provides that the landing receipts, reports, or other records filed with the department must be confidential, and the records not be public records. The information contained in the records must be compiled or published as summaries, so as not to disclose the individual record or business of a...