Editorial | Considering state law, local battery storage project should proceed with revised regulations

Letter to the editor: Trump ignored international law

I am embarrassed that President Trump would think it is okay to blatantly ignore international law to institute regime change in Venezuela for the express purpose of extracting the country’s mineral wealth, namely oil as referenced in his speech on…

Editorial | Considering state law, local battery storage project should proceed with revised regulations

A lot of the urgency and public concerns around tighter rules for a Santa Cruz County battery storage facility come from the Moss Landing battery facility fire that broke out a year ago — a harrowing disaster that drew major attention on the Central Coast and throughout the state around smoke, monitoring, health impacts and emergency response. In the year since, as Monterey County has continued to monitor the cleanup at Moss Landing and work wit…

Letters to the Editor: Jan. 11, 2026

Emergency response fee Monterey’s intent to bill residents for 911 calls involving an ambulance is unworkable, unfair, unconscionable and shameful coming at a time when many people are losing health insurance likely causing some not to call and therefore not receive emergency responses. How would it work? Does the Good Samaritan who makes a call get billed? Do accident victims who can’t deny services get billed? If unconscious, how is billing in…

LFP Letters to the Editor: January 10, 2026

Free Press readers have their say on the topics of the day, including boat launch upgrades, traffic patrol and a recent book purge at Beal.

Letters to the Editor | January 11, 2025

Those questions MOSES FONG SUVA AREKI Dawai’s letter (FT 10/01), asked a question we all eagerly await an answer to. But the ease with which the incumbents granted themselves a respectable pay raise could be said to be a consensual process as against in the previous past, when all decisions depended on just two people. So, when all are eager, it could be termed as ‘plain sailing’; but there must have been a snag somewhere because it was commente…