Moss Landing battery plant fire: Dolan Road closed, shelter-in-place lifted
A fire broke out early Friday, Sept 18, at the Vistra battery storage plant at 7301 Highway 1 in Moss Landing, inside the building damaged in the January 2025 fire. The Sheriff's shelter-in-place for the zones within a third of a mile (MRY-B047, B050, B053) was lifted at 4pm Friday. There are no evacuation orders. Dolan Road is closed at Castroville Blvd and at Elkhorn Road; Caltrans reports Highway 1 open through Moss Landing. EPA air monitors found no hydrogen fluoride and no PM2.5 exceedances on Friday. Officials expect the fire to burn itself out within about a day. If you smell smoke around Moss Landing or Castroville, close windows and doors and follow Alert Monterey County for updates.
Open Studios Art Tour: weekend 2 is Sat–Sun Sep 19–20, 11am–5pm, free
250+ Monterey County artists open their studios this weekend, from the Peninsula to Moss Landing, Salinas and King City. The numbered purple pins on the map are the tour stops; tap one for the artist's site. The printed guide and the full artist list are on Arts4MC's site. Free, self-guided, no ticket.
Directed by Tyler Shields (Los Angeles, CA) Stars two-time Academy Award-nominee and Emmy-winner Colman Domingo ( Disclosure Day , Sing Sing ), Academy Award-nominee Abigail Breslin ( Zombieland: Double Tap , Little Miss Sunshine ), Emily Alyn Lind ( We Were Liars ), Charlotte Lawrence ( Bad Monkey ), Dylan Sprayberry ( Sick ), Connor Paolo ( The Last Stop in Yuma County ), and Logan Huffman ( Final Girl ). Shields produced alongside Giovanni Ribisi and Todd Mandel, with John Ryan Jr., Kenan Thompson, and Tyler Transki serving as Executive Producers. Chapter 51 represents a historic step for independent film. This genre-bending, meta-fictional movie billed as a comedic thriller, is the first independent film ever shot on IMAX, including a newly developed format Anamorphic IMAX that was created for the film. Chapter 51 was in fact shot utilizing every available film format (Kodak 8mm, 16mm, 35mm, 65mm; Panavision 70mm, 70mm IMAX and Anamorphic IMAX, Vistavision, and Technicolor) over four years with a crew that never exceeded 7 people. An FBI agent investigates footage from film “Dissident” where multiple actresses in the same role have died during production, searching for The Hollywood Killer’s identity. The suspect pool is vast and deceptive. This is a Do Not Miss Event. OPEN TO ALL PASS HOLDERS. FILMMAKER Q&A TO FOLLOW. Runtime: 2:00:00, Founders Theatre