This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. California's petroleum market watchdog is warning about price gouging at some gas stations charging over $7 or $8 dollars a gallon as the Iran war sends oil prices soaring.

Oil pumping operations are expected to begin imminently off the coast of California after President Trump issued an executive order Friday to resume oil drilling operations near Santa Barbara, The Post has learned.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- California sued the federal government Friday for approving a Texas-based company's plans to restart two oil pipelines along the state's coast, escalating a fight over the Trump administration's removal of regulatory barriers to offshore oil drilling for the first time in decades.