Good morning, Bay Area. The state may still be soggy from recent storms, but that didn’t stop the State Water Resources Control Board on Tuesday from adopting new drought-control measures that impose $500 daily fines on water wasters. Also in water news, the hydroelectric power plant at the state’s largest dam — the Oroville dam — has resumed operations after it was forced to shut down over the summer because there was too little water to spin the turbines. Water levels at the huge reservoir…
Denver oil company sells to Devon Energy in $1.8 billion deal
The Denver company had only acquired the Texas assets in early 2021 and more than doubled its investment in the transaction announced Tuesday.