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Washed Up

Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
October 4, 2026
Important update

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.

Updated Sep 18, 2026 · 5:29 pm PT Monterey County Department of Emergency Management ↗
Update

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.

Updated Sep 18, 2026 · 7:43 pm PT Arts Council for Monterey County ↗

Comedy/LGBTQ: Directed by Isabel Moncloa Daly (First-time filmmaker; Cornwall/United Kingdom) Stars Anna Ivankovic, Carys Glynne. In the coastal Cornwall village she calls home, Morwenna – also known as “Scummy” (a bad Cornish joke) – is reeling from a breakup, navigating the impending sale of her house after the death of her grandfather, and struggling to make ends meet as an artist. In walks Inga, a strange fur-clad woman passing through the area. But after an awkward one-night stand, Scummy discovers that Inga isn’t exactly a woman at all: she’s a nomadic Selkie, a creature from Celtic mythology who shifts from seal to person by taking on and off their fur coat. Soon enough, Scummy is caught up in a whirlwind situationship with someone whose feelings are as fickle as the sea. It’s a kooky, bittersweet tale of learning to let go of the people and places you love most. FILMMAKER Q&A TO FOLLOW. Runtime: 1:25:00, Founders Theatre

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