Episode Details

The average cost of a gallon of diesel was $5.68 on Wednesday — just 13 cents shy of a record high. Tariffs and ongoing wars are both to blame. But so is a seasonal upswing that happens every fall. In this episode, why diesel prices are likely going to get even steeper before they cool off. Plus: A computer model helps make the case for fewer mandated parking spots in city construction projects, Uber wants to shrink its middle management, and Alaska families celebrate dipnetting season.

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Read the stories in today’s episode:

• Why high diesel prices are coming at a particularly bad time
• What it takes to reopen 19 months after a wildfire
• Uber lays off 10% of their workforce to make the company "simpler and faster"
• To spur more housing construction, Denver changed its parking rules
• Male loneliness epidemic? Try economic loneliness epidemic
• In Alaska, dipnetting for salmon is about more than what’s caught