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Castroville Man Pleads No Contest to Baby Murder

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A Castroville man has pleaded no contest to killing a 10-month old baby. Jesus Vargas Espinoza, 47, will be sentenced to 25 years to life ...

Bank Robbery in Del Rey Oaks

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The Wells Fargo bank inside the Del Rey Oaks Safeway grocery store was robbed this afternoon, police say. Just after 3:30pm, a man handed a ...

County Supes Poised to Send Inmates to Alameda County

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Uncrowding state prisons meant overcrowding some county jails, including Monterey County's. Now Monterey County is planning to ship some inmates north, based on a sliding ...

P.G. Council Bounces Pension Ballot Initiative to Court

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The Pacific Grove City Council last night decided to toss a proposed ballot measure challenging public-safety employee pensions to a judge rather than placing on ...

Hearing Set on State Plan to Revoke Salinas River Water Rights

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The clock is ticking on water rights to the Salinas River that the Monterey County Water Resources Agency has held on to for 55 years. ...

State Takes Back 27 Percent of Monterey's Redevelopment Funds

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Considering the state animal is a bear, it seems especially appropriate that the State Controller has been combing through billions of Redevelopment Agency assets that ...

Salinas Man Arrested in Child Porn Case After Nationwide Manhunt, Young Victim Rescued

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A Salinas man accused of producing child pornography was arrested Wednesday following a nationwide manhunt, and an 11-year-old girl has been rescued, according to Salinas ...

A lineup of the dramatic ways the Warriors are changing their professional game.

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You don't need a decibel meter to know it's loud at Oracle Arena. You can just look at your Coke shaking in its cup holder. ...

NFL Linebacker Scott Fujita Retires on the Top of Machu Picchu, Then Riffs on His Diet, 11-Year Career as an NFL Starter

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Carmel Valley resident Scott Fujita won a Super Bowl despite being a walk-on at UC Berkeley, and started 11 seasons straight, despite the fact professional ...

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