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State senate supports stricter battery storage standards, giant sequoias spared in Garnet Fire

KAZU | By Katie Brown
Published September 16, 2025 at 2:00 AM PDT
Smoke drifts up into an otherwise blue sky from a fire next to the Moss Landing Power Plant. In the foreground are sand dunes next to the ocean at Moss Landing State Beach.
Tobias Osborne
The battery plant fire was still visible from Moss Landing State Beach on Friday Jan. 17, 2025, almost 24 hours after it began.

In today's newscast, Central Coast State Sen. John Laird's bill requiring more robust emergency action plans and fire hazard inspections for battery energy storage systems is headed to Governor Gavin Newsom's desk. And, water pumps and sprinklers have kept giant sequoias within the Sierra National Forest safe from the ongoing Garnet Fire.

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Katie Brown
Katie Brown comes to KAZU after earning spot news and investigative journalism awards for her reporting and photography in Maine. A Report for America alumna and former Metcalf Institute fellow, Katie’s reporting beats span business, environment, and public health.
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