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 ↗

Sep 25–27 · Monterey County Fairgrounds

Monterey Jazz Festival 2026, Mapped

The 69th Monterey Jazz Festival — three days on the fairgrounds. Fairgrounds parking is sold out; park at Monterey Peninsula College and ride the shuttle.

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Friday, September 25

7 pm

Monterey Jazz Festival 2026

Monterey County Fairgrounds · Monterey

🅿 parking

Fairgrounds parking is SOLD OUT for 2026. Paid public parking is at Monterey Peninsula College, 980 Fremont St, with MST shuttles to the gate about every 15 minutes (official: montereyjazz.org/festival/attendee-info).

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Saturday, September 26

Day 2 of 4

Monterey Jazz Festival 2026

Monterey County Fairgrounds · Monterey

🅿 parking

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Sunday, September 27

Day 3 of 4

Monterey Jazz Festival 2026

Monterey County Fairgrounds · Monterey

🅿 parking

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Getting there · Monterey

The festival runs Friday evening through Sunday night at the Monterey County Fairgrounds, 2004 Fairground Rd, off Highway 68 near the Highway 1 interchange.

Expect slow traffic on Fairground Rd and Casa Verde Way at gate-opening and after the arena headliner. The MST shuttle from Monterey Peninsula College is the organizer's recommended way in.

Official site: Monterey Jazz Festival ↗