The second-largest city in L.A. County has taken a different approach to a state mandate to divert food waste from landfills.

After years of cracking down on California’s oil industry, Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative Democrats are moving to get Kern County wells pumping again to avoid soaring gasoline prices.

California’s push toward a clean-energy future is colliding with economic and political realities as two of its last refineries prepare to shut down. Governor Gavin Newsom is now negotiating with the ...