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New sampling report on Moss Landing battery fire, Trump wants to block childcare funding

KAZU | By Elena Neale-Sacks
Published January 8, 2026 at 5:00 AM PST
Two towers at a battery plant.
Elena Neale-Sacks
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KAZU News
The towers at the Moss Landing battery energy storage facility.

In today's newscast, the latest sampling report on the Vistra battery fire in Moss Landing last January. And, the Trump administration is trying to halt billions of dollars in childcare funding for California and other Democrat-led states.
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Elena Neale-Sacks
Elena is an Emmy award-winning researcher, reporter, and producer. At KAZU, they cover agriculture, housing and homelessness, and the aftermath of the January 2025 lithium battery fire in Moss Landing. Their reporting and research has been featured on NPR, KQED, Netflix, Reveal, CalMatters, and more. Elena is an alum of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and UC Santa Cruz. You can reach them at elena@kazu.org.
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