By ROBIN SHEPARD Times Correspondent A Sacramento-based political action committee associated with state Republican Party interests, and once active in opposing reelection of two incumbent Democrat ...

RESIDENTS AND LAWMAKERS were expecting to get some answers Tuesday at the Monterey County Board of Supervisors meeting about the consequences of a lithium-ion fueled Battery Energy Storage System fire ...

Monterey County supervisors are demanding more accountability from Vistra after conflicting reports about the ecological ...

Residents and lawmakers were expecting to get some answers Tuesday at the Monterey County Board of Supervisors meeting about the consequences of a lithium-ion fueled Battery Energy Storage ...

A proposed state law that would streamline the siting of lithium-ion battery energy storage facilities is drawing local opposition because it would transfer the permitting process to the state. The ...

Commissioners directed staff to incorporate suggestions from an energy nonprofit and continue the discussion in May.

A Virginia-based energy company wants to park a massive 350-megawatt lithium-ion battery complex on Monterey Road, directly ...

SALINAS – In the wake of the January 2025 Vistra battery fire in Moss Landing, Monterey County is considering new regulations on battery energy storage systems. The Monterey County Housing and ...

A Virginia-based energy company is seeking state approval to build a large-scale battery energy storage facility on Monterey Road directly across from the Charter School of Morgan Hill, a proposal ...

By the 1970s, the area was considered one of the most affluent Black communities in the country, and it has stayed that way ...

Kerry Breen is a news editor at CBSNews.com. A graduate of New York University's Arthur L. Carter School of Journalism, she previously worked at NBC News' TODAY Digital. She covers current events, ...