Greetings, California Locals, and welcome to our second member newsletter and the first 24 hours of daylight saving time in 2022. We’ve got a couple of articles to share today, including an explainer on what the heck is behind this semiannual tinkering with time. We also look at the silver linings behind skyrocketing gas prices (there are some), and recommend some of the best podcasts about the Golden State. Plus, you’ll find links to top stories from our California Local Media Allies and other Santa Cruz County media outlets.
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Wrinkles in Time
On March 13, in every state except Arizona and Hawaii, everyone with older cars and alarm clocks will be struggling to remember how to change the time as we spring forward. But didn't California vote to stop this insanity? Then why, despite the will of the voters, are we stuck with daylight saving time? To understand why, we have to travel back to the past.
Daylight Saving Time, Explained
After a 2018 vote authorizing the state legislature to make daylight saving time year-round, Californians are still changing their clocks twice per year. How did we get here?
Pain (and Gain) at the Pump
Russia’s war on Ukraine has already set off a new surge in oil prices, and the uncertainty in energy markets appears likely to get worse with the ban on Russian oil imports. Rising gas prices are a bad thing politically for any sitting president and anybody in the driver’s seat. But in the long run, for the country and the world as a whole, are high gas prices really that bad?
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