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Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies on Monday persuaded a man to end a brief standoff and climb down from a rooftop after reports of gunshots fired in the residential neighborhood of Walnut Park were called in shortly after 5 a.m. The man could be seen sitting atop a single-story home in the 2500 block of …

Man surrenders to SWAT after brief rooftop standoff in Walnut Park Read More »

As California begins reopening, small business owners know all too well the day-to-day worry over work levels that might not return to pre-pandemic norms. While government programs and assistance have helped many small business owners weather the COVID storm, for solar installation companies like mine, upcoming government agency decisions could threaten our business’ health. Later …

Don’t gut a program that helps Californians install solar Read More »

There’s one aspect of California’s program to spur the installation of rooftop solar panels that everyone can agree on: It has been spectacularly successful. Launched in 1995 and pushed forward a decade later, when then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger set a target of 1 million solar installations, the program has handily exceeded that goal. Today there are …

Column: How California’s rooftop solar program became a victim of its own spectacular success Read More »

Podcast by Capitol Weekly Staff posted 06.28.2021 As John says in the episode: “When we think of solar energy, we think of Bernadette Del Chiaro.” Bernadette is the executive director of the California Solar & Storage Association, whose mission is to promote the widespread deployment of local clean energy technologies. Rooftop solar has been one …

Capitol Weekly Podcast: Bernadette Del Chiaro – Capitol Weekly Read More »

Cabra Chef Stephanie Izard’s Peruvian restaurant and bar, Cabra, is now open atop the Hoxton hotel downtown. It’s the second location of Cabra for Izard, who opened the first within Chicago’s Hoxton. Izard also operates the restaurant Girl & the Goat, with locations in the Arts District and Chicago. At Cabra, the “Top Chef” winner …

‘Top Chef’ winner opens Cabra, a rooftop Peruvian restaurant Read More »

In summary The California Public Utilities Commission vote against rooftop solar favors utilities over consumers and derails efforts to meet the state’s climate change goals. By Laura Neish, Special to CalMatters Laura Neish is the executive director of 350 Bay Area, laura@350BayArea.org. Rooftop and other small solar projects are an important part of the state’s …

Public utilities commission is working against California’s climate goals Read More »

To the editor: Just as the California Public Utilities Commission is poised to cripple the rooftop solar industry, an article in the scientific journal Earth’s Future is published predicting not only rising temperatures and increased demand for air conditioning, but also insufficient power to keep AC units functioning when needed most. If the state will …

Letters to the Editor: You know what can keep the AC on in summer? Rooftop solar Read More »

A high-stakes battle is under way over the future of rooftop solar energy in California. On one side: Current and future rooftop solar consumers in the nation’s leading solar state. On the other, the state’s big three investor-owned utilities — PG&E, Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric. The utilities have petitioned the …

How PG&E and other California utilities are trying to kill rooftop solar Read More »

The nation is facing once in a generation choices about how energy ought to be delivered to homes, businesses and electric cars — decisions that could shape the course of climate change and determine how the United States copes with wildfires, heat waves and other extreme weather linked to global warming. On one side, large …

More Power Lines or Rooftop Solar Panels: The Fight Over Energy’s Future Read More »