Latest line: Air resources board chair a winner, Chevron a loser

Jul. 28--Mary Nichols

Chairwoman of Air Resources Board scores a big win as four automakers agree to state standards lowering tailpipe emissions even as the Trump administration works to weaken them nationally.

Chevron

The San Ramon oil giant announces that its oil spill in a dry desert creek bed 35 miles west of Bakersfield has grown to 973,000 gallons, the largest in California since 1990.

DMV

Gov. Gavin Newsom gives the beleaguered agency a new director and a plan to modernize its tech systems. But a crush of motorists is coming to get REAL ID drivers' licenses before Oct. 1, 2020 deadline.

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