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The County of Monterey has sent out an alert to residents that smoke was seen coming from the Moss Landing area on Tuesday evening (Feb. 18). North Monterey County firefighters say that a group of batteries smoldered and reignited. The alert sent at around 8:40 p.m. reads, "Light smoke observed at Vistra Battery Facility North County Fire is on scene investigating what appears to be smoke coming from the previously burned area within the Vistra Moss Landing lithium-ion battery facility." A second alert was sent at 10 p.m. saying that public safety agencies were in unified command due to the...

... Monterey County officials say that the fire that erupted at the Moss Landing Power Plant Thursday night was difficult to fight because it was centered on a bank of Tesla batteries. “It is unknown how long this incident may last,” county spokeswoman Maia Carroll said. “No active fire suppression is taking place, the batteries must burn themselves out. No water can be used. This is standard action for battery fires.”...

The Central Coast staple, Phil’s Fish Market, opened their new Castroville location, on Saturday. After 20 years of service in Moss Landing, the iconic Phil’s Fish Market had to move because the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute did not renew its lease. "Instead of seeing the ocean they see artichokes,” says Phil DiGirolamo, Phil’s Fish Market Owner. The location is right next to the Castroville sign off Merritt Street. "You go down to Moss Landing and you go to what we call the island. There are no more cars, there's no more people there, it's almost deserted. When Phil was...

A rare fish, which much is unknown about, was captured by Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) cameras in Monterey Bay. >>Watch the video above to see the fish. According to MBARI, whalefishes have rarely been collected alive and much of their biology remains a mystery to this day. Even MBARI's deep see remote-operated vehicles have only spotted this species 18 times in 34 years. According to MBARI scientists, "Whalefishes (order Cetomimiformes) lack external scales and pelvic fins, and in adults, the eyes are very primitive and small. The eyes’ lenses are lost after they transform from the larval stage,...

New spider species discovered at Moss Landing State Parkit took the professor 22 years to find enough evidence to prove the spider was both a new genus and species.

Two of the Moss Landing Harbor residents who were the subjects of random boat searches during Labor Day Weekend say their experiences were closer to armed invasions than the friendly "safety inspections" characterized by U.S. Coast Guard officials. Both residents said search crews entered the harbor in inflatable boats with machine guns mounted on their bows. Then, carrying M-16 rifles, they approached residents and boarded and searched their boats in the name of safety and "homeland security." One resident, who asked not to be identified for fear or retribution, said his experience was "very intimidating, very frightening." "To me it...