California

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While the surge in prices is happening around the world, gas costs more in California than almost anywhere else because of higher taxes, fees and cleaner-fuel requirements.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

This campus will draw 1.4 gigawatts of energy, or enough to power the entire city of San Diego, California.

From Salon • Jun. 12, 2026

The artist's career spanned seven decades, and he was known for using painting, printmaking, photography and latterly digital art to depict his native Yorkshire and his adopted home of California.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

He went into hiding in 1989 and fled the country in 1997 as the ruling junta tightened its grip, according to articles published by the University of California, Berkeley, on its website.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

It wasn’t a question two thirty-something would-be professional investors in Berkeley, California, with $110,000 in a Schwab account should feel it was their business to answer.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis