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Monterey Supervisors question PG&E plans to restart plant, Santa Cruz teen organizes rally

Two towers at a battery plant.
Elena Neale-Sacks
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KAZU News
The towers in Moss Landing, where PG&E and Vistra Corp. both have battery energy storage systems that have been offline since Vistra's caught fire on Jan. 16.

In today's newscast, a Monterey supervisor says weak California laws allow PG&E to propose a June 1 reopening despite not submitting a new fire emergency plan. And, a middle schooler in Santa Cruz has organized this evening's We Will Not Be Erased march.

Katie Brown comes to KAZU after earning spot news and investigative journalism awards for her reporting and photography in Maine. A Report for America alumna and former Metcalf Institute fellow, Katie’s reporting beats span business, environment, and public health.