California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 283, authored by state Sen. John Laird (D-Santa Cruz), into law last week.

California must prioritize safety at every step when expanding battery storage to meet its clean energy goals,” Laird, who ...

Howe cited the risk of lithium-ion battery fires at the proposed site. He noted a massive fire at a plant in Moss Landing, ...

Senate Bill 283 requires battery storage developers to coordinate with local fire departments both before submitting their project applications and after installation is complete.

As one of the largest lithium battery plants in the world continues to smolder in Moss Landing, activists in another Central Coast town — defined over the last century by its industrial opportunities ...

QUESTIONS....AND THEY ARE DEMANDING ANSWERED....IS THIS PLANT SAFE? SHOUDL THEY BE WORRIED ABOUT HEALTH TAKE PKG 00;01;54-00;01;57 <I WANT SAFETY I DON'T CARE HOW WE ...

(KRON) — Research scientists with San Jose State University’s Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML) detected “unusually high concentrations of heavy-metal nanoparticles” in marsh soils at Elkhorn ...

A business park in South San Jose. Jack London Square in Oakland. The San Diego waterfront. Next door to a high school in Santa Barbara County. Across California, large battery storage plants are ...

Authorities in Monterey County, California lifted all evacuations Friday night, one day after a fire broke out at one of the world's largest lithium battery storage facilities. The Monterey County ...

As a fire erupted at the Moss Landing battery plant Thursday night, forcing evacuations and sending a pillar of smoke over Monterey County, Morro Bay residents watched the news and worried what a ...

A fire at a battery power plant in Central California triggered evacuation orders and road closures Thursday night. The Monterey County Sheriff's Office issued evacuation orders Thursday evening and ...