Monterey County has long been known as a favorite playground for celebrities. Clint Eastwood still owns the Mission Ranch in Carmel (diners at the restaurant have been treated to his piano playing), ...

Speakers also voiced concerns over potential impacts to agricultural crops, water wells, livestock and the fragile ecosystems in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary including the Elkhorn ...

These charismatic marine mammals can be spotted from shoreline lookouts at Point Lobos State Natural Reserve or while kayaking in Elkhorn Slough. The sanctuary’s waters also provide critical habitat ...

The fire that raged at Moss Landing’s lithium-ion battery storage facility on Jan. 16 are a stark reminder of the risks communities take when placing projects in their districts. Assemblymember Dawn ...

The flames have died down at the Moss Landing battery storage plant in Monterey County, after a massive fire last month. But the environmental impacts may be just beginning. At the neighboring Elkhorn ...

Moss Landing Power Plant, just under mile north of the Moss Landing Marine Laboratory (Steve Ryan via Flickr, CC by SA 2.0); Elkhorn Slough marshland (Hazel Rodriguez/USFWS via Flickr, Public Domain) ...

Scientists at San Jose State University’s Moss Landing Marine Laboratories noted a “dramatic increase” in heavy metals used in lithium-ion batteries in the soil at the Elkhorn Slough Reserve ...

Elevated concentrations of heavy metals have been detected at the Elkhorn Slough Reserve by scientists from San Jose State University's Moss Landing Marine Laboratories following a recent fire at ...

Elevated concentrations of heavy metals have been detected at the Elkhorn Slough Reserve by scientists from San Jose State University’s Moss Landing Marine Laboratories following a recent fire ...

Fire is out at site, small pockets of heat at facility being monitored, EPA concludes air monitoring Thursday’s fire at “Moss 300,” the 300 MW lithium storage facility at Vistra Energy ...

One of the larger questions is why a lithium-ion battery storage facility was built next to the Elkhorn Slough State Marine Conservation Area and, further down the coast, the Monterey Bay National ...