Stephanie Lam

Jan 18, 2025 | sacbee.com | Stephanie Lam |Kate Bradshaw

Officials reported Saturday that they are “cautiously optimistic” that the worst has passed following a large fire that broke out Thursday afternoon, consuming the majority of the Vistra storage plant in Moss Landing. About 80% of the plant, and the lithium batteries it housed, were consumed in the fire, said Joel Mendoza, chief of the North Monterey County Fire Department, at a Saturday press conference.

Jan 18, 2025 | mercurynews.com | Stephanie Lam |Kate Bradshaw

Officials reported Saturday that they are “cautiously optimistic” that the worst has passed following a large fire that broke out Thursday afternoon, consuming the majority of the Vistra storage plant in Moss Landing. About 80% of the plant, and the lithium batteries it housed, were consumed in the fire, said Joel Mendoza, chief of the North Monterey County Fire Department, at a Saturday press conference.

Jan 18, 2025 | mercurynews.com | Stephanie Lam |Ray Chavez

Throughout the Bay Area, hundreds of protesters marched along major streets Saturday morning to voice their discontentment with President-elect Donald Trump, who will begin his second term following Monday’s inauguration ceremony.

Jan 11, 2025 | mercurynews.com | Stephanie Lam

Two suspects have been arrested in connection with a 2017 shooting in north Sunnyvale that left one man dead and another wounded, authorities said. The Sunnyvale Police Department SWAT team arrested Vicente Aguilera-Chavez in East Palo Alto and Agustin Sandoval in Escalon in San Joaquin County on Friday following a two-day operation. Both suspects were then booked into the Santa Clara County Jail on murder charges, according to Sunnyvale police Capt.

Jan 11, 2025 | eastbaytimes.com | Harry Harris |Stephanie Lam

OAKLAND - Two men were killed and a third man was wounded in a North Oakland shooting Friday night, authorities said. The names of the men killed - a 19-year-old Richmond resident and 20-year-old Berkeley resident - have not been released pending notification of their families. A 29-year-old San Pablo man who was wounded remained hospitalized Saturday. His condition was not available.