A total of $3.45 million will be spread out across 13 projects in Monterey County meant to drive economic development.
A power outage affecting more than 5,000 PG&E customers in parts of Monterey, Seaside and Sand City hit sometime just after 5pm, Feb. 10.
David Schmalz here, with some thoughts about the oft-used term “Lettuce Curtain,” a metaphor for the perceived divide between the interests of the Salinas Valley and the Monterey Peninsula.
There are lots of people who look at their community and think of things that could be done to make it better. Only a few people take the next step and do those things. Butch Kronlund was one of those…
Pam Marino here, remembering how my late mom debated for years whether to move into a senior living community. She visited a beautiful facility in a bucolic setting not far from where she lived multiple times. I took a tour…
There could be more accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units coming to the coastal zone, after the Monterey County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 on Tuesday, Feb. 4, on a resolution of intent to conform the county’s ADU…
Katie Rodriguez here, chuckling, as I think back at the fun I admittedly had at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am golf tournament last weekend, despite being pelted with rain, and despite knowing absolutely nothing about golf.
Erik Chalhoub here, wondering if I’ll be able to go mountain biking this weekend. Rain (and knee pain) in recent weeks has kept me off the trails, essentially erasing all the fitness I gained over the summer and fall. A…
After the fire broke out inside part of Vistra’s Moss Landing battery plant Jan. 16 at around 3pm, the highly volatile lithium-ion batteries encased within entered what is called “thermal runaway,” a phenomenon where the temperatures get so hot—up to…
Alisal Union School District Superintendent Jim Koenig, 73, will retire by the end of June.
The terms of a unique public-private partnership agreement between the City of Carmel and the Carmel Public Library Foundation to renovate the nearly 100-year-old Harrison Memorial Library building came under intense scrutiny at the Carmel City Council meeting on Tuesday,…
Sara Rubin here, with words on my mind. I think about words a lot—unfair advantage, I’m a writer and editor—but it was a surprise when members of the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District board of directors found themselves deeply embroiled…