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05/01/2024
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Monterey County Superior Court Presiding Judge Carrie Panetta has announced the retirement of Judge Marla Anderson, effective April 30, after nearly 30 years of service on the Monterey County Superior Court.

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04/24/2024
Image for display with article titled A Pump Track and Skate Park Concept in Salinas Inches Forward After Years of Dreaming.

A BMX pump track and skate park has been on the radar of the Monterey County Board of Supervisors since 2017.

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04/24/2024
Image for display with article titled Monterey County Secures $11M in State Grants to Combat Homelessness in King City and Soledad

The County of Monterey has been awarded two significant grants under California’s Encampment Resolution Funding program, allocating more than $11 million to address homelessness in King City and Soledad.

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04/24/2024
An update on efforts by the County of Monterey to meet state mandated levels of affordable housing shows lack of significant progress.

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04/18/2024
Image for display with article titled Two State Grants Totaling $11.2 Million Are Meant to Help South County Cities Alleviate Homeless Encampments.

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.

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04/17/2024
Image for display with article titled Carmel Valley Residents Won a Housing Unit Cap in Court. New State Laws Are Going to Break It.

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.

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04/12/2024
Image for display with article titled Monterey County Civil Grand Jury Seeks Jurors for 2024-25 Term

Many residents have never heard of a Civil Grand Jury, or if they have, they know little about its purpose. In California, a Civil Grand Jury is required in each of the 58 counties.

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04/11/2024
Image for display with article titled County of Monterey Planning Commission Deadlocks on Pajaro Farmworker Housing Project.

A shorthanded County of Monterey Planning Commission was split on its decision over a proposed farmworker housing project in Pajaro on Wednesday, April 10.

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04/11/2024
A Monterey County Civil Grand Jury report made recommendations for improvements to law enforcement and first responder procedures.

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04/10/2024
Image for display with article titled County of Monterey and Most Cities Failed to Meet State Deadline for Housing Plans.

There is one brass ring in California housing right now, the coveted certification of eight-year housing plans of cities and counties by the California Department of Housing and Community Development.

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04/04/2024
Image for display with article titled County of Monterey and Friends of Laguna Seca Reach Settlement for Laguna Seca Recreation Area

The County of Monterey Department of Public Works, Facilities and Parks and Friends of Laguna Seca (FLS) have announced the execution of a comprehensive settlement that ends the Laguna Seca Raceway lawsuit, “Highway 68 Coalition vs. County of Monterey.”

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04/03/2024
Image for display with article titled Toro Park, a Gem of the County Parks System, Finally Has a Place for a Pooch to Run Free.

In order to become an Eagle Scout, one of the last things a scout must do is a community service project, and what exactly that may be is largely up to the scout himself.

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03/29/2024
Image for display with article titled Work Continues on Arroyo Seco Road Slide Area West of Greenfield

Monterey County Public Works, Facilities and Parks is reminding residents about the ongoing construction work on Arroyo Seco Road, west of Greenfield.

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03/28/2024
Image for display with article titled Monterey County Supervisors Spare Sputtering Cannabis Equity Grant Program

A Monterey County program to ensure equity in the local commercial cannabis market is sputtering but will continue on a smaller scale.

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03/26/2024
Image for display with article titled Pajaro Assistance Center Will Open on March 27.

The Pajaro Assistance Center to aid people who were affected by the winter storms in 2023 will open on Wednesday, March 27 at Pajaro Park.

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03/22/2024
Image for display with article titled Missing Hiker Caroline Meister Is Found Dead at the Base of a Waterfall in the Ventana Wilderness.

After a three-and-a-half-day search, the Monterey County Sheriff's Office announced that search-and-rescue teams located the body of a missing hiker at the base of a waterfall in the Ventana Wilderness.

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03/22/2024
The Highway 68 Coalition suit against the County of Monterey over operation of the Laguna Seca Raceway has been settled.

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03/21/2024
Image for display with article titled New Alert and Warning System Enhances Safety for Monterey County Residents

Monterey County’s Department of Emergency Management has announced the implementation of a cutting-edge Alert and Warning System designed to ensure the safety and well-being of all residents.

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03/20/2024
Image for display with article titled Miles of Palo Colorado Road Have Been Closed Since 2017. Progress Is Happening, but Slowly.

In January 2017, Monterey County was hit with an onslaught of storms, exacerbating damage in Big Sur and Carmel Valley from the 2016 Soberanes Fire, which left burn scars on 132,127 acres that were more prone to erosion and runoff.

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