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), ...

Jan. 27—Less than two weeks after a huge fire in Moss Landing at one of the world's largest battery storage plants, scientists affiliated with San Jose State University have discovered unusually ...

San Jose State University's Moss Landing Marine Laboratories was the first to announce their screening test of the wetland soils along Elkhorn Slough that run next to the plant. Their samples ...

Elkhorn Slough Reserve near Moss Landing. (Krista Almanzan/KAZU News) Here are the morning’s top stories on Tuesday, February 11, 2025… The flames have died down at the Moss Landing battery storage ...

In the immediate aftermath of the Moss Landing fire, the owners of Kayak Connection, a local company that operates in the Elkhorn Slough, told Lookout Santa Cruz they had to cancel 10 kayak tours ...

Elevated concentrations of heavy metals have been detected at the Elkhorn Slough Reserve by scientists following a recent fire at Vistra Moss Landing Power Plant and Energy Storage Facility.

The latest findings are part of a decade-long monitoring program of the Elkhorn Slough estuary by marine geology professor and department chair at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Dr. Ivano Aiello.

Smoke and flames are seen from Castroville as a fire at the Vistra battery storage plant burns in Moss Landing, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025.

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 ...