Valero Shutting Down Benicia, CA Oil Refinery (02/05)
The John Kobylt Show
Premiere Networks
4.3 • 799 Ratings
🗓️ 6 February 2026
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
The John Kobylt Show Hour 2 (02/05) - Rick Caruso has decided not to run for mayor after saying he'd reconsider running after the LA Times article that came out reporting that Mayor Karen Bass wanted the Palisades Fire after-action report altered. Oil and gas expert Mike Ariza comes on the show to talk about Valero beginning to shut down the oil refinery in Benicia, CA. More on Valero beginning to shut down the oil refinery in Benicia, CA and why Gov. Newsom should not be the Democratic nominee for President. There is a new federal taxpayer fraud taskforce that VP J.D. Vance is going to lead.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.7 | KFI AM-640. |
| 0:06.4 | You're listening to the John Cobel podcast on the I-Hart Radio app. |
| 0:10.3 | We're on every day from 1 until 4 o'clock. |
| 0:13.4 | And before we get to Mike Areza, former Valero Oil and Gas Expert and Manager there. |
| 0:22.3 | Alex Michelson and the Los Angeles Times are both reporting that Rick Caruso is not running for mayor of Los Angeles. |
| 0:30.1 | This came out just a few minutes ago. |
| 0:33.6 | Alex from CNN said he will not run for L.A. Mayor, according to his political advisor, Mike Murphy. |
| 0:41.6 | And Los Angeles Times also has the same quote or the same story. |
| 0:49.3 | Political consultant for Rick Caruso says he will not run. |
| 0:53.8 | So Caruso is out. |
| 0:56.2 | Austin Butner, who worked as a school's chancellor and a former deputy in the Virugosa administration. |
| 1:04.5 | He is out. |
| 1:06.6 | His daughter died of tragic death a month ago. |
| 1:11.5 | So no Caruso, no Austin Butner. |
| 1:14.7 | We've got Spencer Pratt and other people you've never heard of running against Karen Bass. |
| 1:25.1 | And this comes on the heels of the Times exposing the big lie by Bass. |
| 1:31.2 | That all she has to do is tell us who did direct the rewrite of the fire department after action report. |
| 1:40.2 | She's not doing that. |
| 1:42.1 | Neither is Ronnie Villanueva, the interim chief. |
| 1:45.3 | Neither is Jaime Moore, the current chief. |
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