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California's Oil Capital Hopes For A Renaissance Under Trump

Every five years, the fading US town of Taft puts on a days-long "Oildorado" festival to celebrate its glory days at the center of California's black gold rush.

International Business Times · Oct 20, 2025

In California’s dusty oil country, Ukraine war brings faint hope of keeping wells flowing

TAFT, Calif. — Here amid the dusty hills and deserted main streets of California’s oil country, the last three years have delivered “one kick in the gut after another,” some say.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 20, 2022