Monterey County Business, Economy & Jobs Articles

Consumers are seeing the prices of groceries rise on the shelves. Behind the scenes of food production, Monterey County’s growers are experiencing an increase in costs, but so far that hasn’t translated to higher sales prices for them.

Wind power is essential to meeting California's goal of 100 percent clean energy by 2045. Moving wind farms offshore is the next step. Sites off of Morro Bay and Eureka will soon be leased by the federal government.

More than 60 percent of cannabis cultivators in Monterey County owe unpaid taxes to the county, a reflection of a once-booming local industry facing oversupply and variable market conditions. Responding to the industry’s cries for aid, county officials are preparing…

GONZALES — Voters in Gonzales will begin receiving ballots for the City of Gonzales’ Special Tax Measure Election, which is an all-mail ballot election from Aug. 1 through Aug. 30. If approved, Measure D would establish a Special Temporary Gonzales …

Some cautionary economic signals are gaining strength in California just a month after Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers adopted a record-breaking $308 billion budget.

America’s Last Hometown, the small town with an oversized city council that famously came late to the legal liquor sales party in 1969, is possibly due for two major changes come the Nov. 8 election. The Pacific Grove City Council…

KING CITY — Union management of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 5 in Salinas is contesting the approval of a new discount grocery store for King City. King City Council recently approved plans to bring a Grocery Outlet …

As the cannabis industry continues to thrive across California, Monterey County growers have faced a dilemma: pay a hefty cannabis business tax, or face potential closure. Meanwhile, the county Board of Supervisors also faces a dilemma: freeze cannabis taxes granting…

What began with a pitch by two former U.S. energy secretaries in a Los Angeles Times op-ed in November 2021 has snowballed into a contentious scramble by federal and state officials to potentially break a 6-year-old agreement and significantly shift…

Set in a canyon at the eastern base of the Santa Lucia Mountains, the Paraiso Springs Resort calls for 73 timeshare units and a 103-room hotel. The project was approved by the Monterey County Planning Commission in October 2019.

A curious thing happened in Salinas amid the pandemic, when many Americans began working remotely and offices emptied out: The vacancy rate for office space decreased, bucking the national trend.

Dave Faries here, looking back at the time a Dallas steakhouse added a burger and fries to their menu.

As California insurance companies have revoked the fire policies of thousands of homeowners, the state has taken steps to get them covered again.

The U.S. Supreme Court scaled back California's Private Attorney Generals Act, a 19-year-old law allowing workers to sue employers over labor code violations. But a new ballot initiate aims to repeal PAGA completely.

The links between homelessness and crime are complex, and the idea that unhoused individuals present a danger to their community seems to be exaggerated.

From long before it became a state, to the present day, immigration has shaped California—but they have often been treated poorly. Here’s how immigrants helped build California, through the state’s mixed history with immigration.

A Texas law that would have placed cumbersome restrictions on social media companies has been blocked by the U.S. Supreme Court, in an unusual alliance between liberal and conservative justices.

Crypto investors have seen more than half of their cryptocurrency value wiped out in six months. What is crypto, and what caused the great crash of 2022?

Before crypto, banking began moving into the digital world as far back as 1953. Here's a brief history of how computers and the internet changed finance.

California may soon shut down its last nuclear power plant, but Gov. Gavin Newsom who once championed the closure has had a change of heart. Federal funds may now keep the plant running.