Gov. Gavin Newsom has unveiled his administration’s updated plan to quicken the pace of California’s full abandonment of the fossil fuel industry. Standing in front of the old Ford Motor Company assembly plant in Richmond that is now home to Moxion Power, a company making a fully electric alternative to diesel generators, Newsom on Thursday […]

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.