Few stocks and companies are as divisive as Tesla. Its dramatic 65% plunge last year, its worst ever, has only intensified the debate.
Why it matters: Investors in the past largely valued Tesla in a category of its own — neither purely tech nor auto. But with legacy car brands catching up and global market and economic conditions working against Tesla right now, the premium has steadily gotten smaller.
Two Washington men have been arrested in connection with Christmas Day attacks on four power Tacoma-area substations that caused at least $3 million in damages and over 15,500 customers to lose power, per a criminal complaint.
Details: Matthew Greenwood, 32, and Jeremy Crahan, 40, both of Puyallup, were charged Tuesday with conspiracy to damage energy facilities — namely, Graham and Elk Plain substations, operated by Tacoma Power, and the Kapowsin and Hemlock substations, operated by Puget Sound Energy.
Californians reeling from a deadly major storm over the weekend are bracing for an even more dangerous atmospheric river event that's set to bring widespread flooding and powerful winds across the state Wednesday and Thursday.
Threat level: "To put it simply, this will likely be one of the most impactful systems on a widespread scale that this meteorologist has seen in a long while," the National Weather Service Bay Area office said in a forecast discussion Monday.
