BLM wants to open up areas for drilling near beloved Bay Area parks and wild spaces. We break down how likely that is.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iconic LA beach used to be overrun with oil derricks -- can you guess where it is? Almost 100 years ago, one of the most iconic ...

Long before Hollywood reshaped Los Angeles, the region was famous for something far less glamorous: oil. California was once the world’s largest producer and exporter of crude, and L.A. sat at the ...