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Cargo Theft Costs Trucking, Logistics Firms $18M Daily

ATRI researchers conducted numerous interviews with industry participants who lost goods due to cargo theft. They also had input from experts who work to monitor and prevent this crime.

October 9, 2025
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Chevron Refinery Fire Near Los Angeles Extinguished

Chevron Corp.鈥檚 El Segundo refinery in Los Angeles County has extinguished a fire that broke out the night of Oct. 2 and shut multiple units.

October 3, 2025
BusinessFuel

Greenlane Launches Dealer Program to Ramp Up EV Truck Sales

Greenlane is rolling out a dealer program that offers charging credits and software perks to make electric trucks more accessible, signing Velocity Truck Centers as its first partner.

September 23, 2025
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Amazon Battles Claims of 'Control' Over Contract Drivers

Amazon.com exercised 鈥渙verwhelming control鈥 over subcontracted drivers it claimed weren鈥檛 its employees, U.S. labor board attorneys told a judge Sept. 22.

September 23, 2025
GovernmentSafety

Trump to Redirect $2.4B in California High-Speed Rail Aid

The Trump administration plans to allocate the roughly $2.4 billion that was stripped from California鈥檚 embattled high-speed rail to other transit projects.

September 22, 2025
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Overhaul Helps Recover $1.4 Million in Stolen Electronics

Cargo protection company Overhaul facilitated the recovery of $1.4 million in stolen electronics in an incident that points to the growth of more sophisticated criminal networks.

September 18, 2025
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California Oil Merger Advances as State Clears Path to Drill

The bill marks a聽sharp shift from years of regulatory scrutiny聽by the state鈥檚 lawmakers toward its oil and gas industry and decades of declining in-state crude production.

September 15, 2025
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California Might Pay Valero to Prevent Refinery Shutdown

California legislators are considering giving Valero hundreds of millions of dollars to cover refinery maintenance costs in a bid to prevent the closure of a San Francisco-area fuel plant.

September 9, 2025
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Newsom to Curb Offshore Oil in Exchange for Onshore Output

Restrictions would impose聽a setback to Sable Offshore and its controversial project off the coast of Santa Barbara County.

September 9, 2025
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ZM Opens California Assembly Facility Ahead of Class 8 Entry

The first vehicles set to roll off the production line will be Classes 4 and 5 ZM8 trucks and ZM T75 terminal tractors.

August 28, 2025