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The City of Monterey Is Moving Forward With a Pilot Program to Assist Struggling Renters.

Approximately two-thirds of Monterey residents are renters, and the engine of the city’s economy is tourism. Yet as rents have consistently trended upward in recent years as the lack of new housing has constrained supply, some renters – including those…

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The City of Monterey has lavish revenue, and expenditures. The latter is coming home to roost.

When Monterey City Manager Hans Uslar addressed his city council, staff and the public in his Feb. 15 State of the City speech, he began on a note of levity, saying that he’d recently read a headline asserting that artificial…

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Monterey mourns the loss of its "champion," former mayor Peter Coniglio.

Peter Coniglio described himself as a "Monterey guy," and he was, with deep roots that run back to his Italian immigrant grandfather who came to Monterey and found success as a fisherman and founder off the first cannery. Coniglio branched…

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Tipsy Putt targets a February opening for Cannery Row location after signage-related delays.

Over the past few months, Jennifer Robinson has fielded many questions regarding the anticipated opening date of the Tipsy Putt location on Cannery Row in Monterey. Some even wondered if the unique miniature golf pub would open at all.

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UPDATED: Monterey Fire chief retires in wake of no confidence vote by firefighter's union.

Monterey Fire Chief Gaudenz Panholzer is retiring from the leadership position he's held since 2013, the city announced this morning, Monday, Dec. 11. The announcement comes less than two weeks after Monterey Firefighters Association Local 3707 shared publicly that 87…

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Monterey Museum of Art and government agencies partner in a vision to expand an art footprint downtown.

California State Parks, the Monterey Museum of Art and the City of Monterey are working together to bring a concept they call The Island of Adobes to downtown Monterey, turning the historic district into a hub for arts and culture.…

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A firefighters union takes a vote of no confidence against the Monterey fire chief.

On Nov. 7, 87 percent of the 71 members of the Monterey Firefighters Association Local 3707 took a vote of “no confidence” in Monterey Fire Chief Gaudenz Panholzer, the union announced on Tuesday, Nov. 28. The public announcement was sudden…

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Against the odds, a developer is pushing a Cannery Row project that no longer has a permit.

By day, the derelict San Xavier Fish Reduction plant at 484 Cannery Row looks exactly like what it is: ruins of a bygone era when sardine fishing was king on the Monterey Peninsula.

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Monterey and Pacific Grove are getting closer to allowing retail cannabis stores.

The city councils of Monterey and Pacific Grove have each approved ordinances allowing retail cannabis in the past few weeks, with Monterey best poised to issue business licenses on a faster timeline than its neighbor. Monterey could begin reviewing cannabis…

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Monterey and Pacific Grove move forward with retail cannabis ordinances.

The city councils of Monterey and neighboring Pacific Grove have each approved ordinances allowing retail cannabis, with Monterey best poised to issue business licenses on a faster timeline than P.G. Monterey could be reviewing license applications as early as Nov.…

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In a delayed hearing, Monterey Planning Commission greenlights Compact Disco permit.

Compact Disco opened in July, with a steady stream of dancers coming to downtown Monterey’s only house music venue, located on Tyler Street. But it was only three months later, on Oct. 24, that the venue was granted a corrected…

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Pacific Grove decides to end Zoom calls to meetings while Monterey keeps them.

Pacific Grove Mayor Bill Peake has decided to end Zoom call-ins to meetings two weeks after an organized group of white supremacists call-bombed a P.G. City Council meeting.

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Despite obstacles, Monterey and Del Rey Oaks plan to use Fort Ord land for housing.

If a housing plan exists on paper, it doesn’t mean it will put a single roof over someone’s head, unless, perhaps, a visionary architect took all the paper that cities have generated for their state-required housing plans – which are…

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Monterey City Council tables discussion on virtual public participation.

There are new guidelines in place for how to make a comment at a public meeting in the City of Monterey. Say you want to give City Council, or the Planning Commission, or the Architectural Review Committee a piece of…

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The Monterey City Council approves a rental registry 4-1 over loud objections by property owners.

The landlords, property managers and real estate industry representatives came out in force on Tuesday, Sept. 5, to vociferously voice their objections to the Monterey City Council’s creation of a rental registry. Renters stayed away—save for one long-time representative—but their…

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Monterey City Council signals it favors a 42-unit affordable apartment complex behind City Hall.

A 100-percent affordable housing project that could bring 42 units to downtown Monterey is another step closer to reality, after the Monterey City Council gave direction to staff and nonprofit developer MidPen Housing on Aug. 30 to proceed with plans…

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Monterey City Council agrees to the expansion of Trader Joe’s into vacant Pharmaca space.

The company behind the mythical navigator who sails the seas looking for intriguing food and uncommon goods, Trader Joe’s, is seeking to expand its Monterey territory. Specifically, it is planning to take over the space next door once occupied by…

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The City of Monterey is entertaining a plan to import water. It’s not without its critics.

One thing that’s not in dispute is that the City of Monterey needs water. What is in question is where that water comes from. On Aug. 1, the Monterey City Council discussed the possibility of teaming up with the Marina…

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Agencies managing Laguna Grande Park finally approve a plan aiming to resolve challenges.

Laguna Grande Regional Park is jointly managed and owned by the cities of Monterey and Seaside, and the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District. For the past decade, managing the park has been a subject of controversy.

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It’s budget season, and the numbers in Monterey County’s 12 cities tell a story.

Sara Rubin here, thinking about the many city services I use every day, sometimes without thinking about them—storm drains and asphalt maintenance are not always so obvious to me. Then, of course, there are things that are more explicitly transactional—checking…

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