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It’s not just refinery workers who have a financial stake in the shutdown. California’s refineries are the only customers of the state’s oil producers, according to California Independent Petroleum ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Thirty years ago, Willie Cruz was shocked when he learned the Southern California oil refinery where he worked was shutting down. Cruz, now a 61-year-old living in Arizona, ...