Articles by Nancy Rivera Brooks

California motorists got another kick in the tank during the last week as the average pump price leaped 15.5 cents to a record $4.588 for a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline, the Energy Department said today. Read more

California drivers just cruised past a dubious milestone, paying a statewide average of just over $4 a gallon for self-serve regular gasoline today, according to a daily survey of pump prices posted by AAA. With Memorial Day weekend car trips looming, the California average price edged higher overnight by two-tenths of a cent to hit a record $4.005 a gallon, the electronic survey found. Read more

F Floor coverings At the City of Commerce factory of Rodeo Carpet Mills, wool and silk are turned into expensive carpets for homes, offices, hotels, boats and jets. Read more

The nation’s average gasoline price jumped to a new high of $3.057 a gallon Monday, according to AAA – passing even the inflation-adjusted record set in 1981. Read more

Andrew and Lea Fastow, the onetime Enron Corp. Read more

Andrew S. Fastow, architect of the financial schemes that plunged Enron Corp. Read more

Southern California Edison’s plan to take over construction of a large power plant in San Bernardino County is larded with goodies for the Rosemead utility that could cost its ratepayers millions of dollars, according to protests filed with federal regulators by Calpine Corp. Read more

Just months after receiving more than $1.5 billion in rate cuts and rebates, customers of Southern California Edison will see electricity rates rise about 3% this year. Read more

The California Power Exchange has sued its former officers and board of governors over controversial decisions – including rich payments to executives – made as the state’s power system melted down in late 2000 and early 2001. Read more