Second press conference will not be live streamed A second press conference will be held at 2:45 p.m. near the current fire incident command center, according to county officials.

Nickel, cobalt and manganese, found in lithium-ion batteries, increased dramatically at Elkhorn Slough after the fire

Authorities are battling to contain a fire at a battery facility next to the Moss Landing Power Plant in California.

One of the world’s biggest battery plants is located in a tiny harbor town perched halfway between Santa Cruz and Monterey. A fire ignited January 16 inside the Moss Landing Power Plant where thousands of lithium batteries store power from renewable energy.

Research scientists with San Jose State University’s Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML) detected “unusually high concentrations of heavy-metal nanoparticles”

Residents living near a power plant in Central California were ordered to evacuate Thursday night after a fire broke out at the facility.

AND TODAY WE WENT LOOKING FOR THAT ANSWER.. (NAT POP CONSTRUCTION) THE MOSS LANDING POWER PLANT IS COMING DOWN.. THE DECADES OLD TURBINE PLANT IS SLOWLY BEING DEMOLISHED BY WORK CREWS..

Monterey County sent out an emergency alert system warning Thursday evening to say the North County Fire Department is responding to a fire at Moss Landing Power Plant.

“The power grid remains stable,” ISO spokesperson ... The facility is located on the site of a now-shuttered 1950s-era PG&E Moss Landing natural gas plant visible for its huge smokestacks ...

Fire crews responded to a fire on Thursday at the Moss Landing Power Plant and authorities warned nearby residents to close windows and doors and shut off air systems.

It works in tandem with solar and wind power to provide electricity during ... strange background,” he said. He knows the Moss Landing plant well, having seen it inside and out as part of ...

Monterey County supervisors on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in response to last week's major fire at the Vistra lithium battery plant in Moss Landing.