Commonly found in everything from smartphones to scooters and electric vehicles—lithium-ion batteries are behind a growing number of fires around the county.

Earlier this month, Texas-based Vistra Energy withdrew a 2020 proposal to reuse part of the retired Morro Bay Power Plant at ...

Vistra Corp. has withdrawn its application to build a 600-megawatt battery energy storage facility on the retired Morro Bay ...

Publicly reported fire incidents at waste and recycling facilities also hit 398, a new high since Fire Rover began compiling ...

The Nassau County Planning Commission has approved the Town of Oyster Bay’s six-month extension of its battery energy storage ...

A proposed solar and battery energy storage facility known as the Zeta Project, approved by Merced County in February 2025, is drawing both support and ...

Residents of Moss Landing are still awaiting answers about the cause and environmental impact of the Vistra battery storage facility fire nearly three months ago.

With at least three fires at BESS facilities over the past year-and-a-half, some are fearful of toxic gases and smoke that ...

In today's newscast, UC international students sue to block visa revocations, and some Moss Landing business owners say they ...

The state government has made it clear that towns can’t ban lithium batteries, but they can subject them to zoning and site plan regulations similar to other green energy facilities, ...

How to deal with all those dangerous lithium-ion batteries in the burn zones? Sift. Brine. Crush (in two bright blue 'sausage ...

“Please extend this moratorium,” Glenwood resident Maria Palmieri urged the Town of Oyster Bay board. She was one of 30 ...