When a massive fire erupted at one of the world's largest lithium-ion battery storage facilities in Monterey County, it didn't just send a toxic plume of smoke over nearby communities — it cast a shadow of doubt over the future of California's clean energy industry.

Scientists have linked a lithium battery plant fire in California earlier this month to a surge in heavy metals found in nearby soil.

Elevated concentrations of heavy metals have been detected at the Elkhorn Slough Reserve by scientists following a recent fire at Vistra Moss Landing Power Plant and Energy Storage Facility.

Newly released body camera video from January 8 shows two deputies rescuing a 100-year-old woman from a senior care facility in Altadena, California, as the Eaton Fire raged nearby. The woman explained that she didn't hear the deputies shouting because she is deaf and couldn't charge her hearing aids.

A newly released body camera video shared by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department shows how two deputies were able to rescue a 100-year-old woman from her senior living apartment complex in Altadena as the deadly Eaton Fire raged nearby.

Deputies Martinez and Alkonis, brought in from the LASD Carson Station, were at the complex the morning of Jan. 8 to search for any remaining residents who had not been evacuated because of the Eaton fire,