Monterey County Weekly Overview

Erik Cushman here, checking in while basking in a gentle glow. It’s Best Of Monterey County® week here at Fremont & Williams in Seaside. If you haven’t yet read the paper: run, don't walk, to your neighborhood distribution location and…

A proposed farmworker housing project in the Pajaro community was voted down by the County Planning Commission on Sept. 28 in a decisive 7-1 vote (commissioners Rich Coffelt and Paul Getzelman were absent; commissioner Nathalia Carrillo voted against denying the…

With over 200 people on the waitlist for Casa de Noche Buena, a homeless shelter for women and families in Seaside operated by Community Human Services and Gathering for Women, a new $6.2 million, 35-bed shelter planned for Monterey can’t…

FREE SPEECHThe flaws of school testing data have been long and widely covered. But at least we normally have testing data to look at. This year, the California Department of Education said it would delay the release of test scores,…

A watershed moment is happening in Salinas’ downtown. With the remodeling of two iconic buildings underway, a transformation that was already in progress is coming to fruition. The Dick Bruhn building, vacant since a 2016 fire, will be 19 apartments…

FAMOUS SON

At the corner of 2nd Avenue and Eighth Street in Marina sits a 55-acre asphalt wasteland, a vestige left over from Fort Ord days, now an unused part of the CSU Monterey Bay campus.

The controversy over the cross-country track at Palo Corona Regional Park does not appear to be going away anytime soon.

Elections this year will be different than last time voters went to the polls. For jurisdictions like the city of Marina that use districts, the 2020 Census means new district lines, drawn with the intent to keep communities of interest…

Sara Rubin here, thinking about how far we’ve fallen, how far we’ve come, and how far we still have to go as stewards of our Earth. This arc is on my mind because 60 years ago yesterday, Rachel Carson published…

Monterey Bay F.C. took a stumble in their run for playoff contention on Tuesday night in Las Vegas, falling 4-0. With their win, Lights FC vaults into 8th position and joins the Union (9th) and Oakland (10th) with 40 points,…

It all started with a letter, sent in June of 2021, to Salinas Union High School District. It was a request to rename the El Sausal Middle School’s athletic field after a former student who became a famous Chicano quarterback…