Chevron Corporation

Pollution Report: San Francisco Can Breathe Easy. No, Really, It Can!

If walking the hills of San Francisco to get to your parked car leaves you totally breathless, well, sadly, it's you, not the city. The American Lung Association this morning released its latest air report, showing that San Francisco has some pretty damn clean air. Not only did we "pass" our annual ... More >>

Pica Pica Brings Venezuelan Arepas And Other Staples to the Castro

Hugo Chavez is dead, but Venezuelan food lives on at Pica Pica Maize Kitchen, the second S.F. spot for Carácas cuisine. And it's far less polarizing than inflammatory anti-American rhetoric. In fact, it's delicious. If you can find it, that is. The nondescript Castro location is hidden in plain si ... More >>

Chevron Has Received $2.6 Billion in Tax-Free Bonds Since 2003

Qualified private activity bonds are low-interest, tax-exempt loans that the government issues on behalf of companies initiating projects with a "public purpose." It's roughly the same process that cities and states use to fund things like roads, parks, and schools. Except these benefit for-profit o ... More >>

Allegedly Unstable Man Locks Himself in Castro Gas Station, Causing Police Standoff

San Francisco police took a 30-year-old Livingston man into custody this afternoon after he had forced his way into a Chevron gas station and locked himself inside the clerk's office. Sgt. Michael Andraychak told us that at about 10:40 a.m., the man was at the gas station on the corner of Market a ... More >>

That Bright Light You Saw Last Night Wasn't a Meteor From Orion, Astronomers Say

If you were outdoors enjoying the unusually warm weather in the Bay Area last night, perhaps you experienced the other surprise: that really loud, bright boom that everyone is talking about (on the Internet, of course). Being that we are all eagerly awaiting the Orionid shower, which is happening th ... More >>

Chevron Small Fire Quelled Minutes Before Larger Flame Sparked

A small flash fire lashed out and was extinguished about 13 minutes before the Chevron Richmond Refinery 4 Crude Unit became enflamed on Aug. 6, the company said. In its official 30-day follow-up notification report released Wednesday, the company said an insulated pipe in the 4 Crude Unit was notic ... More >>

Chevron Opens Another Help Center So Angry Residents Can Collect Money

People have been flooding Chevron with claims after the Aug. 6 refinery fire, enough so that the oil company yesterday opened a second help center where burned residents (not literally) can go demand money. Here's what we know: The new claims center is located at North Richmond Community Heritage Se ... More >>

Chevron Fire: Richmond Residents File Lawsuit Against Oil Company

"If there's somethin' strange in your neighborhood...If it's somethin' weird an it won't look good; Who ya gonna call?" Ghotsbusters? No. When heaps of smoke, ash, and fumes from the nearby Chevron Refinery enveloped their neighborhood, Richmond residents naturally called Attorney John Burris to le ... More >>

Not Surprisingly, San Francisco Gas Prices Are Officially the Highest in State

Gas prices across the nation increased 18 cents over the past two weeks, with fuel costs hitting hardest in California, particularly in San Francisco, where prices peaked at $4.06 per gallon. California prices increased 23 cents, which means the average driver is shelling out $3.99 per gallon for re ... More >>

Chevron Says Bay Area Air Is Safe After Refinery Fire

We already gave you the bad news today: Gas prices are ridiculously high, in part because of the Chevron fire last week. But there is some good news you can take in. Contrary to what you saw last Monday -- plumes of black smoke hanging in the air -- Chevron says you can go ahead and take a deep brea ... More >>

Chevron Opens Help Center for Angry Residents to Start Collecting Money

If you are one of those unfortunate Richmond residents who was burned (figuratively speaking) by the Chevron Refinery fire, you can start claiming your cash tomorrow. Chevron officials say they are opening up a Help Center at the Nevin Community Center at 9 a.m. sharp. "The claims process has ... More >>

Chevron Hosts Fiery Town Hall Meeting

As expected, hundreds of pissed-off Richmond residents flooded a Town Hall meeting last night where they were reportedly more raging than the black plumes of toxic smoke that blanketed the community Monday night. Residents have every right to be furious, and Chevron officials will be the first to ad ... More >>

Another Fire at Chevron Refinery Today

This morning, a small secondary fire ignited near the controlled burn at the scene of Monday's Chevron Refinery, according to refinery officials. The secondary fire sparked around 11:15 a.m. near the initial fire location, however, firefighters acted quickly and extinguished it within minutes, and ... More >>

Chevron Fire: Massive Refinery Blaze Might Mean Higher Gas Prices for Us

The good news is the Chevron fire is out and the order for East Bay folks to remain indoors has been lifted. The bad news is, there's a good chance gasoline prices are probably going to make us gag today.Chevron's 240,000-barrel-a-day refinery has reportedly closed down production units after the fi ... More >>

How Bay Area Corporations Resemble Their (Human) Neighbors

Ex-Chevron Employee Sues Company Over "Hurt Feelings"

​Another dirty scandal is plaguing Chevron, but this one has nothing to do with polluting the Amazon. A judge overturned a jury's $100,000 award to a former Chevron employee who had sued the oil and gas company for gossiping about his passion for prostitution.According to court documents filed in ... More >>

Chevron Sues To Guard Secrets on How to Prevent Oil Blowouts

Why should preventing catastrophes be a secret?​After the BP oil spill devastated the Gulf of Mexico, you would expect that a prominent oil company like Chevron would want consumers to trust its ability to prevent such blowouts. Yet the San Ramon oil company, is suing Scribd, a San Francisco docum ... More >>

Chevron Punked With 'Yes Men'-Produced Attack Ad

You think that looks like a real Chevron ad? We agree. ​An apparent Chevron ad campaign decrying the oil giant's years of polluting Third World locales and pledging to change its ways was the spitting image of the real thing. But Scrooge-like changes of heart are only for the movies. The San Ramon ... More >>

Chevron 'Dirty Tricks' Operative Diego Borja Targeted by Ecuador

Diego Borja reportedly has the goods on Chevron. Will he give them up? ​ A fantastic case involving multinational oil corporations, myriad allegations of mass corruption, clandestine videos filmed with items purchased from the Sky Mall catalog, and, incongruously, the sleepy nearby suburb of San R ... More >>

Is Chevron's Richmond Refinery 'Tour' a PR Stunt Connected to Expansion Plans?

Chevron's Richmond refinery​Chevron is facing serious criticism of its alleged efforts to evade state environmental laws and push through a proposed expansion of its oil refinery in Richmond. Faced with the opposition of environmental activists and some state legislators, is it a surprise that the ... More >>

The War Area

Bay Links: Compost, Global Warming, & Unicycles

Dude don't compost.​Burger King, Subway  flout S.F.'s composting laws. [SF Appeal]Ghostbusters in the Mission! [Misison Mission]City technology: There are some glitches in the system. [Sweet Melissa]Irony Alert: Chevron Towers decorated with symbol of Global Warming. [SF Citizen]So, there's s ... More >>

Crude

Masterful documentary Crude details the toxic battle between big oil and natives in Ecuador

Convenience Store Robin Hood -- She Stole From the 7-11 and Gave To Random Folks -- Nabbed By Cops

...And grab a Big Gulp for Will Scarlet!In our experience, there's very little at a 7-11 worth threatening to kill or maim over -- you don't hear too many folks going on about life, liberty, and the pursuit of pemmican and sodas large enough to hide oversize cans of beer in when you go to the ballpa ... More >>

SF Enviros Blast Obama's Swiss Cheese Lobbying Rules

Barack Obama kicked off his presidency by limiting his administration's vulnerability to lobbyists. By May, however, it seemed clear that resourceful Democratic Party insiders would circumvent the limited ban. San Francisco's Amazon Watch has just denounced former Clinton Administration trade repres ... More >>

Paint Ball -- Time For Annual S.F. Baseball Art Show (And Not a Portrait of a Syringe In Sight)

Arthur MillerNow there's a guy who never imbibed female fertility drugs. Say Hey!Yesterday's revelation that Manny Ramirez -- arguably the greatest right-handed hitter in a generation -- tested positive for artificial testosterone from a female fertility drug was a worldview-altering event. I did no ... More >>

Chevron's Prince of Darkness

By John GeluardiThe Chevron Corporation has exposed its pestilent underbelly by hiring William J. Haynes II, a Department of Defense attorney who compiled lists of violent interrogation techniques for shadowy U.S. detention centers. Chevron hired Haynes on as its chief corporate council in April ... More >>

Crude Feud

Enviros accuse local blogger of being on Chevron's payroll.

Smoke Stacks Spew Green in Richmond

Bay Area Joins Holy Crude-sade

The Brute Fires Back

Jury Chosen in Anti-Weekly Suit

Jury Selection Under Way in Weekly Trial

Last Night: The Fratellis at the Fillmore

Grand Opening

The inaugural exhibition at Catharine Clark's new gallery shows that context is everything

Amazonian Quagmire

Big Oil, the rainforest, and sticky legal issues are stuck in a San Francisco courtroom

Jack White bros down for an intimate in-store

Jackpot

How four tiny Indian tribes, with help from powerful gambling interests, are trying to transform the Bay Area into a slot machine Mecca

The Horror

Darkness descends at City Hall as supervisors argue ceaselessly over dogs and apartment size

Rich Conspiracy

Unless there's been a Newsom/Getty/bin Laden/Bush plot of some kind, how could voters support Care Not Cash?

Fantasia

Tips for online animators

Now, the Emphatic Colonic News

Chevron to Turks: Bay is pristine! GOP to pot doctor: Good job! Tenants to landlords: You're illegal! Potheads to supervisors: Like, wow -- a sanctuary!

Paying the Price: Why Are S.F. Gas Prices So High?

Bay Area motorists pay the highest gas prices in the state

Paying the Price

Major oil companies are gobbling up independent gas station operators, all in the name of greed

Dog Bites

Renfrew report; Mercury News; Dot-com junkies; Propositions K and L

For Pete's Sake

Why giant corporations like PG&E bankrolled a juvenile crime initiative

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