Federal government orders Southern California oil and gas pipeline to restart
by  Associated Press | Times of San Diego
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright directed a Texas-based oil and gas company Friday to restore operations in waters off southern California that were damaged by a 2015 oil spill, invoking the Defense Production Act.
Restoring Sable Offshore Corp.’s Santa Ynez unit and pipeline off Santa Barbara aims to address supply disruption risks, according to a department news release. The unit includes three rigs in federal waters, offshore and onshore pipelines, and the Las Flores Canyon Processing Facility. The facility can produce about 50,000 barrels of oil per day and would replace nearly 1.5 million barrels of foreign crude each month, officials said.
On the first day of his second term, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to reverse former President Joe Biden’s ban on future offshore oil drilling on the East and West coasts. A federal court later struck down Biden’s order to withdraw 625 million acres of federal waters from oil development.
How ICE raids are affecting older adults — especially those who need caregivers
by ChrisAnn Mink | California Health Report
For the past five years, Mida has provided in-home care for a Los Angeles woman, who’s now 89.
Mida, whose last name is being withheld because of her concerns about her safety, grew up in Mexico and has lived in Los Angeles for 27 years. Now 56, she is a naturalized citizen, which legally means she has the same rights and protections as someone born in the United States.
But the recent changes in immigration policy and accompanying U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in Los Angeles and across the country have made her worry about her safety.
Duration Is Destiny for the Iran War
By John Carney & Alex Marlow | Breitbart
We have argued since the opening days of Operation Epic Fury that the economic consequences of the Iran war depend less on the price of oil this week than on one question: how long does this last? The Strait of Hormuz is the line between a scare and a shock, and the shock’s severity scales with duration. Wall Street is now running the numbers on that framework, and the estimates are worth examining.
Bank of America’s research team has mapped three distinct economic scenarios, and the results cut against the market’s reflexive assumption that oil shock equals inflation equals Fed tightening. That assumption is wrong in at least two of the three cases — and dangerously wrong if the Fed itself takes it seriously.