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PG&E will restart battery storage Sunday

May 30 — DESPITE REQUESTS from Monterey County officials not to, utility giant PG&E will reactivate its battery storage operation in Moss Landing this weekend, the company told The Pine Cone. The county earlier this month urged PG&E to wait to restore power to its lithium-ion storage facility until the cause of a Jan. 16 fire ... Read More

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City prepares to send new housing plan to state

May 30 — FOLLOWING WIDESPREAD outcry over the possibility two city-owned parking lots would be turned into 149 units of affordable housing, a group of Carmel residents and public officials has developed an alternative plan that moves the housing onto private property throughout the city ... Read More

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Scenic Road view lot for sale, very cheap

May 29 — NEVER HAS a real estate listing by broker Lance Monosoff generated so many calls. “My phone pretty much doesn’t stop ringing,” he said Tuesday. “Half the people are intrigued, and half the people burst into laughter” ... Read More

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Don’t keep coyotes as pets and don’t sell raccoons

May 29 — A GOOD Samaritan who last week rescued what he believed was a Chihuahua puppy that was being attacked by more than a half-dozen feral cats got quite a surprise the next day. On May 20 in Greenfield, a man on his way home spotted about seven feral felines attacking another animal ... Read More

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