California drivers will pay a little more to fill up their tanks. The state's gasoline excise taxincreased from 59.6 cents to 61.2 cents per gallon - a change required by law and tied to inflation. A separate policy update under California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard is also now in effect,

Despite these upcoming increases, California gas prices are currently 20 cents per gallon lower than they were at this time last year.

The military commander of the National Guard troops deployed to respond to immigration protests in the Los Angeles area recently asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to return 200 troops to California's command,

The top military commander in charge of troops deployed to Los Angeles to respond to protests against immigration raids has asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth if 200 of those forces could be returne