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

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”

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.

Monterey County officials and Vistra Energy executives give press conference as the largest battery fire ever continues to smolder in Moss Landing.

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

Vistra responds to San Jose State's finding of a heavy metal spike in soils near their Moss Landing battery storage facility.

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.

A fire has erupted at the Moss Landing Power Plant Thursday evening, officials said. The fire is at energy company Vistra’s power plant in Monterey County. The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office issued evacuation orders for nearby areas,

Researchers find heavy metals in sensitive habitat near Moss Landing battery fire site, a group of locals collect 125 samples for independent testing.