Monterey County Local News

Some Democrats are pushing bills that could put their colleagues on the hot seat in an election year. The authors say they’re representing their constituents and there’s never a perfect time for votes.

Pharmacy benefit managers attempt to negotiate cost savings for insurers. California is considering new rules that would require them to pass their discounts on to consumers.

About 4 in 10 Californians are carrying medical debt. Lawmakers are advancing a bill that would prevent that debt from affecting credit scores.

A trio of California Democratic lawmakers say they’re frustrated by high cost estimates that helped kill their health care legislation. Did the Newsom administration inflate the numbers to quietly kill the bills?

In the final week of session, legislators are debating whether to give more leeway to public school teachers when to report students to law enforcement. Supporters say disabled and students of color are unfairly disciplined, but opponents say school safety is at risk.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has taken to using state resources to fight crime on a local level. Not everyone in the cities he’s taken an interest in is thrilled with the results.

Birth centers are popular options for families who want to deliver a baby outside of a hospital. Nineteen of them closed in California in the past decade, deepening the state’s maternity care crisis.

An August 23 tentative ruling by a Monterey County Superior Court has advanced the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District effort to take over distribution of water from the California American Water Company.

In their August 21 meeting, the updated terminal design was presented to the Monterey Peninsula Airport District Board of Directors.

Monterey-Salinas Transit responded to a Coastal Commission staff report recommending denial of permits to advance the proposed SURF! Busway.

Construction of the 1.5 mile Canyon Del Rey segment of the Fort Ord Regional Trail and Greenway has begun.

The Sacramento Bee explains Proposition 6, the initiative to ban involuntary servitude.

California officials have warned students for years that for-profit schools may make misleading career claims — leaving them with “a mountain of debt” but no job. Still, many for-profit schools remain on the state’s list of recommended job training programs.

Schools that banned phones a few years ago have advice for other districts as the governor calls for a crackdown.

Continued shifting of the Regent's Slide on Highway 1 has caused work to be delayed as CalTrans engineers access the situation.

A new housing resource hub offering navigation services and financial assistance opened at 212 North Main Street in Salinas.

Proponents seek a 2% maximum on annual rent increases in a proposal to be considered by the Salinas City Council on August 20.

With 830 bills in the dreaded Senate and Assembly suspense files, legislators were busy August 15 killing about a third of them.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed bills that aim to make it easier to prosecute retail theft. He’s asking voters to reject a ballot measure that would impose even tougher penalties.

The Sacramento Bee explains Propisition 36, the anti-crime measure on the November Ballot.