By Dean Calbreath, The San Diego Union-Tribune Feb. 26--The price of gasoline shot up 5 percent during the past week in San Diego County, hitting its highest level since early December as gas prices throughout the country surged toward record highs.

Installing solar panels on homes is an economic "loser" with the costs far outweighing the financial benefit, a respected University of California-Berkeley business professor said Wednesday.

By Janis Mara Crude oil prices are dropping, sending gas prices down in an early Christmas present for Bay Area motorists. Thanks to the drop, experts predict that gas will fall five or ten cents per gallon.

By Rick Jurgens and Mike Taugher, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Sep. 27--Landmark global warming legislation that Gov.

By Paul Rogers and Sarah Jane Tribb, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Aug.