Erik Chalhoub here, stepping away momentarily from the bright lights of pinball to recommend you check out this week’s cover story, my first since joining the Monterey County Weekly in February.
Like the rest of California, Monterey County’s population is aging. Pam Marino here, looking at stats showing that in 2020, 20 percent of the population was age 60 and over. By 2030 the percentage is expected to be 23 percent,…
Celia Jiménez here, thinking about the 15th annual Asian Cultural Fair in Salinas that will happen tomorrow, Saturday, April 27 in Chinatown.
The City of Gonzales will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for phase one of its community center on Saturday, April 27.
Karl Waller recalls watching the marine layer build over the Peninsula as his flight from Dallas approached Monterey Regional Airport. For the previous three days in Texas, the thermometer had spiked at over 100 degrees.
Pam Marino here, with an idea of how to make an important difference this weekend at the same time you get to enjoy the outdoors. With not a lot of time and effort, you can become a citizen scientist and…
What could have been a short discussion about creating ad hoc committees turned into an over two-hour argument for the Monterey Peninsula Community College District Board of Trustees on Wednesday, April 24.
FREE SPEECHIt’s no secret that local newsrooms are shuttering across the state and country at an alarming rate, causing misinformation to run rampant, especially in an election year. Lawmakers have been drafting legislation to help save local news, including Sen.…
Although a letter from Bishop Daniel Garcia of the Diocese of Monterey dated April 18 states that he’s writing “on an important topic: the sexual abuse of minors,” it’s notably about how the diocese is contemplating filing for Chapter 11…
Wave Street Studios is a perfect place for a party, a performance or even a talk show. Legally speaking, though, that party was never able to truly start without a bar in the venue, according to owner Rhett Smith. Now,…
Joanne Kelly loved her New Monterey home. “It was magnificent,” she says. But the circular staircase worried her children. So in 2014, she put together $364,000 to buy into what was then called Forest Hill Manor, a retirement community in…
Usually, Monterey’s history is an asset, something to highlight, but in some cases, it’s complicated. History is part of what’s holding up a 42-unit affordable housing project on a 0.5-acre city-owned site adjacent to the Vasquez Adobe and behind Monterey’s…
A BMX pump track and skate park has been on the radar of the Monterey County Board of Supervisors since 2017. On April 16, the board approved moving the project to the Salinas Regional Soccer Complex from an original proposed…
CARE CAFE
Soledad residents worked for months to bring a referendum to the ballot and motivate voters to reject a five-district map the City Council selected last year. Measure P was rejected by a massive 80-point margin, reflecting the voice of members…
Dozens of people showed up at Salinas City Hall on Tuesday night, April 23 to talk about elections even though it is not yet election season. But District 3 residents organized—they received text messages and shiny flyers motivating them to…
Although the wind was gusting, the skies were clear and Kim Stemler beamed as she observed proceedings at the Monterey County Vintners and Growers Association Trade Tasting event on Tuesday, April 23.
David Schmalz here. One thing I’ve been thinking a lot about lately is that, while most voters frame elections in terms of who wins or loses in a race—president, governor, senator or even a city councilmember—some of the most impactful…
Celia Jiménez here, thinking about District 3 in Salinas. For the first time in decades, there won’t be an incumbent seeking this city council seat, and it’s already attracting several potential candidates to fill it.
Dave Faries here, admitting that Gerald Ford was in the White House the last time I rode a bicycle.
