Residents around the Moss Landing battery facility in northern Monterey County describe experiences of sore throats and other symptoms. The energy storage industry insists that this incident is an extreme outlier.
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Artificial intelligence is bringing nuclear power back from the dead — maybe even in California
Energy demands from big tech, including for artificial intelligence, has elected officials giving an old power source a second look.
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Why Trump’s conditions on L.A. fire aid put California Republicans in a tough spot
All the talk about attaching conditions to California’s federal disaster aid have placed the state’s Republican members of Congress in a quandary: Do they fight for speedy, unconditional relief dollars for wildfire victims in their home state? Or do they fall in line behind President Donald Trump?
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Trump is bound for L.A. — threatening to withhold fire aid and keeping Newsom out of the loop
The Trump administration apparently opted not to coordinate at all with Gov. Gavin Newsom while planning the president’s planned Friday visit to fire-ravaged Los Angeles. Just how awkward will this be?
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Trump’s order won’t halt California’s offshore wind leases. But will it derail the industry?
President Donald Trump’s order has no immediate effect on offshore wind leases already authorized, including two large areas off California’s coast. But it sends a current of uncertainty through the fledgling renewable energy industry, which relies on federal and state support.
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Making sense of the giant Moss Landing fire that could set back energy storage
Last week’s blaze at the Moss Landing Power Plant could have been worse because of the plant’s design and the types of batteries used.
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Trump takes step to overhaul Delta water deliveries to farms, cities
President Donald Trump is aiming to override new Biden-Newsom water delivery rules that have widespread support among Southern California cities and some Central Valley farmers.
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Private firefighters are increasingly popular with insurers. But do they pose a risk?
A growing and controversial ecosystem of private firefighting companies have seen themselves thrust into the spotlight as some of the wealthiest neighborhoods in Los Angeles have gone up in flames. It includes firefighters directly contracted with government agencies as well as those who work for insurance companies and directly for rich families and developers.
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Gavin Newsom has grown California’s government to record size. Now he, too, is selling ‘efficiency’
Gavin Newsom is echoing the incoming Trump administration as he touts government efficiency. But the governor has expanded the size and scope of California’s government to an all-time high.
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Online censorship in schools is ‘more pervasive’ than expected, new data shows
Nationally representative survey data from the Center for Democracy & Technology finds schools subjectively and broadly block students from information online.