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By Kera Abraham – Eco-energy was electric in Castroville last weekend, when a labor union’s parking lot doubled as a solar tech training lab. During the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers’ Nov. 7-8 “Solar Power Road Show,” IBEW’s Los Angeles chapter...

By Robin Urevich – A brand new array of solar panels designed to generate 1.7 million megawatts of power at the Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Authority Marina headquarters is getting a less than sunny reception from local union electricians...

By LANE WALLACE – Herald Staff Writer The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 234 doesn't just teach electricians about green building practices — the union has made its offices on Merritt Street in Castroville an example. "We're the first IBEW...

By LARRY PARSONS - Herald Staff Writer - Monterey's nightscape is in the midst of a luminous makeover. A city-hired contractor this week started replacing every street light and tunnel light in the city — about 1,900 lights in all…

By Donna Jones - Santa Cruz Sentinel WATSONVILLE – Watsonville will be the first city in the Monterey Bay with a union-friendly ordinance governing public works projects. The ordinance, approved on a 5-1 vote Tuesday, will require what's known as a union-negotiated…

IBEW Local 234, in partnership with the Burditt Family, is offering three $1,000 scholarships to high school graduates – one each in Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito counties, who will graduate during the current school year and who meet…