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04/19/2024

Sea Otter Classic is underway at Laguna Seca Recreation Area, and often-solitary trails all over Fort Ord National Monument are alive with cyclists. Look out over the rolling hills, and where you might catch a glimpse of a mountain biker…

04/19/2024

Agata Popęda here, still thinking about my last weekend’s trip to King City from where, with the San Antonio Valley Historical Association, I—along with 60 people, not discouraged by rain—did a spring tour, known also as “Shooting the Loop.” And…

04/19/2024

Numerous top staffers have left Seaside City Hall in recent weeks, and now it appears City Manager Jaime Fontes might be on his way out too—in a closed session City Council review of his performance Thursday night, April 18, the…

04/19/2024

To combat the rising number of drug overdoses, the Monterey Police Department and Central Coast Overdose Prevention coalition have installed boxes at three areas in Monterey that dispense lifesaving medication known as Narcan.

04/19/2024

To combat the rising number of drug overdoses, the Monterey Police Department and Central Coast Overdose Prevention coalition have installed boxes at three areas in Monterey that dispense lifesaving medication known as Narcan.

04/18/2024

Celia Jiménez here, thinking about the post-high school cultural change in education that is happening in front of our eyes.

04/18/2024

Celia Jiménez here, thinking about the post-high school cultural change in education that is happening in front of our eyes.

04/18/2024

Two grants from the State of California's encampment resolution funding program to the County of Monterey will go toward helping two South Monterey County cities alleviate homeless encampments.

04/18/2024

Two grants from the State of California's encampment resolution funding program to the County of Monterey will go toward helping two South Monterey County cities alleviate homeless encampments.

04/17/2024

The abundance of whales in Central Coast waters, something everyone cheers for, has at the same time presented a challenge: How can we create a crab fishery that can coexist with whales? The last several seasons, which historically have started…

04/17/2024

FREE SPEECHCalifornia lawmakers are exploring how to make Big Tech pay journalistic outlets for sharing links to the news that journalists report, write and publish. Assembly Bill 886, known as the California Journalism Preservation Act, would require entities like Google…

04/17/2024

FARM FAIR

04/17/2024

In 2010, the County of Monterey approved a master plan that would limit the number of new housing units in Carmel Valley to 266. It was too many for residents’ group Carmel Valley Association. CVA took the county to court…

04/17/2024

Pacific Repertory Theatre amended its Golden Bough Theatre renovation project, resolving all existing issues in front of the Carmel Planning Commission on March 13.

04/17/2024

Will East Garrison, a planned community on the northeastern edge of the former Fort Ord, ever have a “town center,” as envisioned when it was approved nearly 20 years ago? Maybe. But, as always with East Garrison, it’s complicated.

04/17/2024

Salinas City Councilmember Steve McShane brought tomato seedlings to a council meeting on Tuesday, April 9 to give to his colleagues, “to spread goodwill,” he said. Then he announced his resignation, effective May 10.

04/17/2024

Will East Garrison, a planned community on the northeastern edge of the former Fort Ord, ever have a “town center,” as envisioned when it was approved nearly 20 years ago? Maybe. But, as always with East Garrison, it’s complicated.

04/17/2024

In 2010, the County of Monterey approved a master plan that would limit the number of new housing units in Carmel Valley to 266. It was too many for residents’ group Carmel Valley Association. CVA took the county to court…

04/17/2024

The abundance of whales in Central Coast waters, something everyone cheers for, has at the same time presented a challenge: How can we create a crab fishery that can coexist with whales? The last several seasons, which historically have started…

04/17/2024

FREE SPEECHCalifornia lawmakers are exploring how to make Big Tech pay journalistic outlets for sharing links to the news that journalists report, write and publish. Assembly Bill 886, known as the California Journalism Preservation Act, would require entities like Google…

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