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California Energy Commission Awards More Than $5 Million in Grant Funding to Indian Energy for Camp Pendleton Energy Storage Demonstration Project News provided by Share this article Share this article SAN DIEGO, Jan. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- San Diego-based energy developer, Indian Energy LLC, has accepted a grant of more than $5 million from the California Energy Commission (CEC) to develop and demonstrate long-duration, non-lithium ion based energy storage technologies. This grant is part ...

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Each Friday we salute Central New York First Responders who their health and well-being on the line for our safety.  This week we spotlight, U.S. Marine, Staff Sergeant Edward Gallimo, whose children submitted a cute nomination for Dad. Edward has been serving with the marines for 12 years, so his children have seen plenty of birthdays and holidays with him away from home as he served four overseas tours in Afghanistan and Kuwait. Hearing about the First Responder program, Edwards children, 11...

Print There is limited space across the nation for new housing, but nowhere more than San Diego. Real estate research firm Zonda said Wednesday in a new report that the San Diego metropolitan area had the fewest available lots in the nation according to its quarterly index that assigns values to the number of vacant spaces available for single-family housing. It also said that the number of available lots had decreased 28 percent in a year, as of the third quarter 2020. That was the second bi...

On Sept. 25, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt visited Camp Pendleton as part of a 12,000-mile military inspection trip and dedicated the new base, which was to be the Marine Corps’ largest West Coast training facility. Retired 1st Sgt. John Farritor, 98, remembers that day and the day a few weeks earlier when he first marched onto the base north of Oceanside. Farritor, of Vista, is among area Marines who are celebrating the base’s 75th anniversary with tours and get-togethers, but he i...

DoD SkillBridge: The best military transition program you didn’t know existed January 6 James Montgomery, right, management analyst, Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center Pearl Harbor, discusses resume writing techniques with a service member during a "Hiring our Heroes" transition summit at Schofield Barracks. (Shannon Haney/Navy) When separating from the military, it’s not uncommon for servicemembers to discover gaps between their resume and the civilian job they want. ...

33 LATHAM, NEW YORK (01/06/2021) (readMedia)-- Denise Donnell, the commander of the New York Air National Guards 105th Airlift Wing, which is based at Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, was promoted to brigadier general during a ceremony held at New York National Guard headquarters in Latham, New York, on Wednesday, January 6. Donnell has commanded the wing since 2017 and will continue as the wing commander. The base is also host to the Marine Corps Reserves Marine Aer...

OCEANSIDE  —  One lane of north and south Interstate 5 north of the truck scales near Camp Pendleton remained closed early Thursday after a FedEx semi crashed into the center divider, damaging a stretch of guardrail and spilling fuel. The crash was reported around 1:54 a.m. on northbound I-5 just north of the truck weighing station on the freeway, said California Highway Patrol Officer Jim Bettencourt. The semi, which was pulling two trailers, crashed into the center divide and damaged abo...

SAN DIEGO —  A massive fire dooms a warship in San Diego’s waterfront. Training accidents kill 11 in San Clemente Island. Some long deployments come to an end as others are just beginning. These are a few of the stories affecting the San Diego military community in 2020. Underpinning it all is the coronavirus pandemic, which sickened many and strained local military forces as they tried to maintain regular operations. The pandemic tested military leaders and changed day-to-day operation...

More than $11,800 and dozens of toys were donated to children at Camp Pendleton this year thanks to Carlsbad seniors at La Costa Glen senior living community. Residents of the senior living community spent the last month collecting toys and donations for the annual toy drive. This year residents Jean and Laurie Davis presented Camp Pendleton representative Linda Sundram with a check for the organization, along with toys for Christmas.