In January, the coastal California town of Moss Landing witnessed the most destructive battery fire in U.S. history.

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

Less than a year after the Moss Landing Power Plant fire, Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill strengthening safety standards for the development of new battery storage facilities across the state.

MOSS LANDING — Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency began overseeing cleanup of the lithium-ion batteries that burned in a massive fire at the Moss Landing Power Plant in January. The effort, ...

Senate Bill 283, authored by Senator John Laird (D-Santa Cruz) requires battery developers to work directly with local fire ...

PRUNEDALE — Never Again Moss Landing, a local watchdog group, released a report claiming a lack of oversight and several key failures contributed to the Jan. 16 fire at Vistra’s Moss Landing battery ...

ACTION NEWS 8 REPORTER JOYCE KIM IS LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM WITH THE LATEST. ## THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND VISTRA GAVE AN UPDATE ON THE MOSS LANDING BATTERY PLANT TODAY. THEY SAY... CREWS ...

Tens of thousands of batteries that were damaged in a fire in January at one of the world’s largest battery storage plants in Moss Landing will be removed, treated and transferred to a recycling ...

MOSS LANDING — Six months after a fire broke out at Vistra’s battery plant in Moss Landing, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday it has reached an agreement with the company to ...

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

The family of Trenten Black, who drowned after a fight with another fisherman, is urging anyone with information to come forward as prosecutors search for a missing cell phone crucial to the ...

MOSS LANDING, Calif. (KGO) -- A marine sciences laboratory in Monterey Bay is celebrating its 50th anniversary this week. One of the things researchers are trying to understand is the behavior of the ...