SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Leasing for new oil and gas drilling on federal land in central California is temporarily blocked under a settlement announced Monday between the state and the U.S. Bureau of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Bureau of Land Management wants to open about 400,000 acres of public land to oil and gas leasing in Central California, with ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom cracked down on oil producers Tuesday, halting approval of hundreds of fracking permits until independent scientists can review them and temporarily banning another ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) Oil and gas drillers that use a technique known as fracking would face new rules in California under legislation sent to the governor's desk Wednesday. The measure includes a ...

The Bureau of Land Management wants to open about 400,000 acres of public land to oil and gas leasing in Central California, with about 123,000 of those acres in San Luis Obispo County. At a bureau ...