Buzz
Monterey Maritime and History Museum Director seeks early exit from her job.
Museum Director Pam Crowe-Weisberg, who joined the staff in late 2009 and has overseen the year-long closure and ongoing revamp of the troubled institution, is reportedly in negotiations with the Monterey History and Art Association ...
Monterey parents to plead charter school case at County Office of Education.
The Monterey Peninsula Unified School District board gave a unanimous thumbs down to a new charter school in the district at its Jan. 3 meeting, paving the way for Bay View Academy's founding parents to ...
The Monterey Jazz Festival brings on a new managing director
A year-long search for a new executive director of the Monterey Jazz Festival landed Chris Doss in the position. Doss will direct day-to-day operations and will work with the Board of Directors and the Artistic ...
Special Edible
Salinas' Internet sensation owes much of his fame to a healthy diet.
Snappy Shelly Steinbeck cracked 1 million web views Dec. 31, making him, according to Salinas Public Library spokespeople, the most famous turtle on the web. See what he eats—and what else makes him tick—at the ...
After surviving gunshot wounds, sea lion is blind but safe
A sea lion that was rescued near Sausalito on Dec. 8 is in stable condition at the Marine Mammal Center, where the 330-pound adult male has started eating fish and vocalizing, says Jim Oswald, communications ...
Special Edible
A look at the many respectable restaurants that launched during the year gone by.
Just months ago, there were no incredible crepes being made by the Viva La Crepe chefs or unbelievable biscuits from Toast Carmel Valley, no rolls coming from the folks at Sakana Sushi or pints from ...
Former Santa Cruz Assemblyman John Laird to head state Natural Resources Agency, according to reports.
The San Jose Mercury News is reporting that former state assemblyman John Laird is expected to be named by Governor Jerry Brown to head the state Natural Resouces Agency. The agency manages parks, fish and ...
Activists file suit against state pesticide agency for methyl iodide approval
A coalition of farm worker advocates and environmentalists filed suit in Alameda County Superior Court Dec. 30, asking the court to roll back the state Department of Pesticide Regulation's controversial decision to approve methyl iodide ...
About Last Night
First Night Monterey was an all-inclusive closing party to 2010.
Everyone was throwing or attending a New Year's Eve party to close out the first decade of the millenium. Locally, though, probably no one place could match the size, scope or the depth of creativity ...
Marina Coast Water District's S&P credit rating raised to AA-
The Marina Coast Water District (MCWD) announced that its Standard & Poor's credit rating has been improved from A+ to AA- in recognition of its "strong financial performance, good liquidity, and strong coverage." “The higher ...
Phone company to incoming governor Jerry Brown: Say no to methyl iodide.
San Francisco-based CREDO mobile is asking its California customers and others to demand that Governor-elect Jerry Brown reverse the Schwarzenegger administration's Dec. 20 emergency approval of soil fumigant methyl iodide, which is expected to be ...
Washington celebrates 25 years of CRP
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the 25th anniversary of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in Washington last week. "Although it was designed to address soil erosion, CRP has become one of the standouts in the ...
The Facebook furor, Bach rocks in Carmel, Dylan’s defiance and why California is still cool.
Call it the year of lame-duck achievements. Without attempting to gild the lily, 2010 ended better than it began. Here’s hoping the new year will bring us better times – and better luck. That said, ...
With a temporary provision for mental health services set to expire, families look to the courts
Mental health services for students that have been provided since 1984 by the state and counties, AB 3632, are in danger of being terminated in 2011. Approximately 20,000 students receive services under AB 3632 for ...
Finding a sustainable seafood dinner made easy
The Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch program has launched a new iPhone app, Project FishMap, designed to help consumers tag and identify restaurants and markets across the United States when they find ocean-friendly seafood, contributing ...
New construction laws are designed to protect homeowners and compliant contractors
Several California construction laws and regulations passed during the 2009-2010 legislative session will take effect January 1, 2011. The new laws include a consumer protection law requiring contractors subcontractors or materials suppliers who intend to ...
CHOMP - Blue Shield agreement vows to lower healthcare costs
Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula (CHOMP) has reached an agreement with Blue Shield of California to make local care more affordable to Blue Shield members, according to a joint press release. The two-year agreement ...
Opinion: One man’s take on his culture’s stereotypes
¡Ask a Mexican!
Dear Mexican: I live in a suburb of Dallas, am super-white, and make decent money. Naturally, I have a Mexican gardener/lawn dude who works his ass off, has 14 brothers and sisters in Guanajuato, employs ...
Pulling Strings
Chamber Music Monterey Bay changes the string quartet game
Joseph Haydn, the father of the string quartet and the man credited with creating chamber music as we know it, probably didn’t foresee his compositions performed in a loungey coffeehouse. He would have been pleased. ...
Salinas public libraries will stay open for limited hours during the holidays, despite previous plans to close down through the New Year
Salinas will open two of its three public libraries for limited hours during the holidays, despite earlier plans to close down entirely until January 3. In hopes to save an estimated $150,000, most city employees ...
Joyce Vandevere, Peace Resource Center president for five years, will step down in January 2011.
Joyce Vandevere, president of Seaside's Peace Resource Center since it became a 501c(3) non-profit in 2005, is stepping down from her post. On Jan. 18, the board of the peace organization will hold their annual ...
Special Edible
This is bacon like you've never seen it.
Between the chicken-fried bacon, chocolate-dipped bacon, bacon cream cheese and bacon-wrapped scallops, it'd be understandable if you thought that this whole bacon thing was peaking. It's not. See how much more deliciously absurd it's getting ...
Culture Club
The Salinas-J. Edgar Hoover connection, a CSUMB grad’s Sundance success and David Ligare’s artistic accomplishments…
HOOVER DAMNED?: Dustin Lance Black is on the phone and he’s ready to do battle—politely but firmly—with the forces of evil. The North Salinas High School graduate who won the Academy Award for Best Original ...
$500,000 grant moves Marine Sanctuary Center toward fundraising goal
The Oakland-based California State Coastal Conservancy has awarded a $500,000 grant to the city of Santa Cruz to help fund interpretive exhibits at the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Exploration Center, slated to open in ...
City of Monterey considers wading into water war, taking on TAMC
The Monterey City Council will vote at its Tuesday Dec. 21 meeting whether to take up two items guaranteed to spark major debate in 2011. City Councilwoman Libby Downey has requested the council consider placing ...
AG orders Wells Fargo to provide loan modifications worth $2 billion; pay $32 million in restitution.
Attorney General Jerry Brown's office reports the settlement covers thousands of Californians with so-called "pick-a-pay" or adjustable rate mortgages which ballooned to unaffordable levels. Wells Fargo didn't originate any of the loans in question; they ...
Fight Night
Photos and video from the Winter Brawl of mixed-martial arts at the Fox Theater in Salinas.
Despite the rain, the Fox Theater Salinas was full of heavy-hitting mixed-martial arts action during the Winter Brawl hosted by Central Coast Throwdown. Local fighters Jonathon Gaxiola and Adrien Olivas both won their bouts and ...
Salinas Weapons Arrests
Federal law enforcement officers and Salinas police charge two men with federal weapons trafficking crimes
Two Monterey County men have been indicted on 14 counts of federal weapons trafficking and possession charges following a seven-month investigation led by the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. More than 70 ...
Fox Fight
The Winter Brawl brings sanctioned MMA fighting to Salinas.
The headline sucker-punches the holiday season: “Santa Claus will be arriving early handing out beatdowns to all the lucky mma fans!!!!!!!” Anyone who’s been to a mixed martial arts fight – or seen one on ...
Patrionize Me
The Pacific Grove Art Center's Patron's Show raffle is over, but the art is not.
The six-week-long build-up to the Pacific Grove Art Center's fundraising Patrons Show saw its culmination 2pm Sunday when buyers--about 60 in total--gathered in the David Henry Gill gallery to participate in the 1-to-1 raffle for ...
Sheriff-elect Scott Miller chooses transition team head.
Former P.G. City Manager Jim Colangelo will head Miller's transition team. Miller notes that Colangelo knows Monterey County government having also served as Assistant County Manager for years. Miller says he'll release more names in ...
Culture Club
Criminal justice in Salinas, cinema at CSUMB and celebrity sightings in Big Sur
SHORT STORY: The aftermath of the tragic accident in which Carmel photographer and gallery owner Rachael Short was partially paralyzed while returning from a Halloween party in Big Sur continued to play out in the ...
Music Men
Overtone lends their voices to Carmel and Salinas holiday cheer.
The fact that the parking lot at Mission Ranch on Friday night was full, with scant empty spots at it outer edges, boded well for the show that Dina Eastwood, days earlier, had predicted would ...
Monterey Maritime and History Museum Director to step down.
Museum Executive Director Pam Crowe-Weisberg will see the museum through it's proposed April 2011 re-opening before she leaves her post, says Yvonne Ascher, a local attorney and board member of the Monterey History and Art ...
Carmel's Sunset Center undergoes reorganization.
Sunset Center executive director Peter Lesnik will leave his management role at the beginning of the year as the center’s board of trustees implements a new strategy under a new managing director. In a statement ...
Tall Standing
Video: The rise of the giant nutcracker on Candy Cane Lane.
Nearly 50 years ago, Howard Cowen hand-built the infamous, giant nutcracker that stands tall over Candy Cane Lane in Pacific Grove. In the video below, Cowen gets help from his two sons, Ron and Ken, ...
Green Business
There’s more to Mary Jane’z new owners than smoke and mirrors.
Ask local entrepreneur Julian Diallo how he is doing and he’ll often answer, “Very blessed!” Ask, “Where are you from?” and he might answer, “From Heaven.” Say goodbye and he’ll bless you as you depart. ...
Salinas PD arrest alleged mortgage fraudster.
Blanca Maciel Sanchez, 37, promised to help distressed homeowners with their mortgages. but a Salinas police spokesman says she not only failed to help them, she allegedly also stole their identities to obtain credit for ...
Greening Monterey
Monterey city officials tout switch to renewable power.
Starting January 1, the Monterey Sports Center, the Conference Center, the library and other city buildings will keep heat, lights and other electronics humming with solar, wind, biomass and other renewable sources. The city reports ...
Kalisa Moore memorial statue approved.
The Monterey City Council approved at its Dec. 7 meeting the Cannery Row Foundation's donation of a statue to memorialize restaurateur Kalisa Moore, the "Queen of Cannery Row", a denizen of the Row when it ...
Nick Hovick announces that Children's Experimental Theater is "dissolving."
Children's Experimental Theater, founded in 1960 by its longtime artistic director and matron, Marcia Gambrell Hovick, has recently been buffeted by a perfect storm of an ailing economy and the ailing health of key family ...
PGAC's ED
Pacific Grove Art Center's outgoing Executive Director announces the incoming Executive Director.
Last July, the Weekly reported that Joan McCleary, Pacific Grove Art Center's Executive Director for eight years—and a volunteer for several years before that—was stepping down this year. Last Monday, McCleary announced the next person ...
Monterey County's literary women... plus a tribute to the great Dave Brubeck
WOMEN WARRIORS: The local literary scene has long been dominated by macho ghosts of the past: Steinbeck. Henry Miller. Kerouac. Robinson Jeffers. Their achievements are inarguable, but it’s hard to escape the fact that more ...
Special Edible
Introducing a new destination for dogs…and what's still a top spot for Monday Night Football.
Weekly readers' pick for the Best Restaurant in Marina has aimed at a new client base: canines. Learn about the new doggie menu and how one local French bulldog can sing the National Anthem at ...
South County oil drilling may undergo environmental review.
An oil company eyeing potential oil wells in South Monterey County may voluntarily agree to an environmental impact report (EIR), according to activists with Halt Oil Lease Development (HOLD). Carpinteria-based Venoco Inc. has applied to ...
State shuns hearing on potential health impacts of SmartMeters.
Don't worry about it. That was the message from the California Public Utilities Commission, which today dismissed a request from the EMF Safety Network to hold public hearings on the potential health impacts of radiation ...
Home on the Ranch
Big Sur Land Trust adds Whisler-Wilson Ranch to its bounty.
Add one more sprig to Big Sur Land Trust's wreath of local land acquisitions. On Dec. 3, the organization announced its $4 million purchase of the 317-acre Whisler-Wilson Ranch, across Highway 1 from Point Lobos ...
State approves regional desal project.
Looks like the Monterey Peninsula will get its new water source. At its meeting in San Francisco on Thursday, Dec. 2, the California Public Utilities Commission has given the green light to a major regional ...
Carving a Niche
Gifted sculptor Matthew Glasby finds joy in jade.
From Pacific Grove native Matthew Glasby’s steady hands come precise and undulating curves of jade, cut thin as ribbon, allowing light to seep through the sculpture. When he’s done with a piece, it might be ...
Otis Park Revival
Volunteer day will brighten neighborhood park with drought-resistant plants.
Neighbors are still shoveling and planting together to beautify Seaside’s Highland-Otis Park. Volunteers report that two children of the park’s namesake, J. Vincent Otis, will join them for a planting day this Saturday, Dec. 4, ...
Special Edible
From bubbly to the Beatles, five standout epicurean events to celebrate the season.
It may not be the family trip to cut down a tree or caroling door to door, but this handful of fun and unique events—whether a Beatles tribute ice cream tasting or a $500 Bernardus ...
Butts Out in P.G.
Pacific Grove City Council to swear in new member, consider smoking ban.
On Wednesday, Dec. 1, the Pacific Grove City Council is scheduled to swear in new Councilman Rudy Fischer and voter-approved incumbents Alan Cohen, Robert Huitt, Dan Miller, Ken Cuneo and Mayor Carmelita Garcia. The council ...
CHOMP inks new two-year deal with Anthem Blue Cross.
The agreement entitles thousands of Monterey County public employees and others access to Commmunity Hospital and Natividad Medical Center at the lowest level of co-pays and deductibles available, according to a CHOMP statement. Apparently, no ...
Felix Wins by a Hair
Bachofner edges out Rubio by 21 votes in final election tally for Seaside mayor.
It's hard to recall a closer election in Monterey County. With all the votes finally tallied, challenger Felix Bachofner has edged out incumbent Ralph Rubio for Seaside mayor by a mere 21 votes, according to ...
Lance McClair, former Seaside mayor, passes on.
Lance McClair, who held Seaside's top elected post from 1982-1994, died Nov. 26 at age 68, reportedly after a long illness. McClair's tenure as mayor was marked by his push for economic development on Fort ...
County's recently approved General Plan hit with lawsuits from all sides.
At least four community groups are suing the Monterey County Board of Supervisors over the county's recently approved General Plan. The Carmel Valley Association, LandWatch Monterey County and The Open Monterey Project filed their petitions ...
Insurers Slapped
State fines health care giants for claims violations.
California has levied nearly $5 million in fines against the seven largest health plans in the state for violations in paying claims to health care providers statewide. These fines, along with restitution to doctors and ...
MBARI Chief Operating Officer Keith Raybould makes a big move.
Keith Raybould, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute's chief operating officer, is headed south next month to begin a new job overseeing construction of the largest terrestrial telescope ever built. Raybould has led MBARI's physical operations ...
Special Edible
Snake liquor, eating tarantulas and other Thanksgiving thoughts.
Some people really vibe on swallowing things like grasshoppers and scorpions. You may have something different planned for tomorrow's eating event of the year, but if you don't click over to the Special Edible food ...
Monarchs Return
Butterfly activists encouraged by winter clusters.
The good news: Butterfly numbers in Pacific Grove’s Monarch Grove Sanctuary appear to be up from last year’s dismal low. With the annual "Thanksgiving Count" approaching, the monarch overwintering site already appears much thicker with ...
Aboard the Steel Beach
A look at life aboard an aircraft carrier through the eyes of a local 20-year-old woman.
Prunedale’s Brandi Holland works in one of the most uniquely dangerous job environments in the world. High-speed winds caused by landing airplanes and the open Pacific Ocean whip her body and mind. Multimillion-dollar aircraft screech ...
Profiles in Proactivity
Breakthrough H’Art finds small havens help out hugely.
It’s not such a big thing, really. Maybe a quarter inch across. That tiny little tile, though, with a little mud, and a little teamwork, and more tiny tiles, becomes something big: A beautiful beacon ...
Grisly stabbing death on 17 Mile Drive in P.G.
Forty-six year old Judith Salazar was found stabbed to death Sunday night in a home on 17 Mile Drive in P.G., according to P.G. police. Lying next to her on the floor and also suffering ...
Special Edible
Aquarium names new executive chef.
Sustainable-farm fresh pioneer Cindy Pawlcyn brought instant credibility when she was named the Aquarium's "culinary partner," or essentially grand director of food operations. Her choice for executive chef at the Aquarium only cements that further. ...
Mossy Scene
Photos and video from Surf Hound Studios in Moss Landing during The Good Sams CD release show.
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SoCal Bags It
L.A. plastic bag ban touted as a model for California.
In what may be California's most dramatic action against single-use plastic yet, the Los Angeles County Supervisors voted Nov. 16 to ban plastic grocery bags in unincorporated areas. The ban will take effect in July ...
MIIS concludes instructor Bill Hillar lied about his academic record.
The Monterey Institute of International Studies has concluded that Bill Hillar, a popular instructor who has given workshops on human trafficking since 2005, misrepresented his academic credentials. The Weekly has learned that his military credentials ...
Green Transport
Green Vehicles a step closer to making cars in Salinas.
Salinas' own electric carmaker Green Vehicles opens the doors of the old Firestone plant Nov. 20 to announce a new partnership with Leyden Energy, a U.S.battery maker that boasts light weight power packs and a ...
Citizens Redistricting Commission selected.
A Central Coast man, Vincent Barabba, a Capitola Republican was one of eight Californians selected Nov 18 to draw new state legislative districts based on the 2010 census. Barabba is the founder of Marketing Insights, ...
Democrat Kamala Harris slightly ahead of Republican Steve Cooley in the AG's race.
More than two weeks after the Nov. 2, the Attorney General's race is still undecided. With more than 650,000 vote-by-mail and provisional ballots to be counted, San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris holds a wafer-thin ...
Short Story
Hundreds show in support of Rachael Short.
Well over 300 people attended a benefit dinner at the Big Sur River Inn last night for Rachael Short, a Big Sur resident who was critically injured in a car accident on Highway 1 on ...
Special Edible
Luxe Lounge to open in Monterey tomorrow.
The former Doc's, long a major nightlife hub before its sudden closure around a year ago, will reopen as an ambitious combination of sports bar, piano bar, nightclub and late-night hang-out. Get the goods at ...
Algae Pioneer Passes
"Izzie" Abbott, Hopkins' seaweed science trailblazer, dies at 91.
Monterey's famous Seaweed Lady has passed on. Dr. Isabella "Izzie" Abbott, a trailblazing algae taxonomist who left an indelible mark on Monterey Bay's marine science community, died on Oct. 28 at the age of 91. ...
Fast Pace for Peace
Monterey anti-war rally draws hundreds.
The Big Sur Half Marathon drew thousands of runners to Monterey's Window-on-the-Bay Park last weekend. But several hundred more people gathered in the park for a very different reason. From about 10am-noon on Saturday, Nov. ...
Scientists release report from hush-hush Asilomar geoengineering conference.
When the Asilomar Conference on Climate Engineering Technologies came to Pacific Grove last March, information coming out of the event was closely guarded under the "Chatham House Rule": Media were forbidden from filing news stories, ...
Seaside names a new police chief - and it's a she.
Seaside Police Department has a new chief. That's Madam Chief to you. Vicki L.H. Myers will begin leading the SSPD Dec. 13, according to city officials. She has more than 23 years' law enforcement experience, ...
Seaside Homicide
Former Seaside councilman's nephew killed in Yosemite Street shootout.
Bullets flew on the 1500 block of Seaside's Yosemite Street on the night of Wednesday, Nov. 10. When police arrived around 9:20pm, they found 26-year-old Dwayne Choates, Jr., suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, according to ...
Parting Shot
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger doesn't care if you smoke a joint.
The guv told Jay Leno in a Nov. 8 appearance that law enforcement doesn't mind too much either because a bill that Schwarzenegger recently signed makes possession of less than an ounce of pot an ...
Side Job: Insane Speed
Monterey’s Tim Cuhna aims at world records when he’s not teaching.
Tsim Cuhna drives really really fast. But as incredible as the Monterey resident’s 200 mph-plus speeds can be, how he reaches them is even more impressive. For one, it’s not his job; he’s a full-time ...
September in November
Supes approve September Ranch (again).
The County Board of Supervisors approved September Ranch by a 3-2 vote today, with Jane Parker and Dave Potter dissenting. The approval includes 190 conditions on the project. The controversial Carmel Valley development, a subdivision ...
Transient occupancy tax gets a boost over last year.
The economy is still at a crawl, but at least people are vacationing in Monterey County. The county’s transient occupancy tax was up 12 percent from July through September - the first quarter of the ...
Seaside Stall
Bachofner not ready to claim victory in Seaside mayoral race.
At latest count, Seaside mayoral challenger Felix Bachofner was still ahead of three-term incumbent Ralph Rubio. But Bachofner isn’t popping the champagne until all the remaining ballots are counted. As of Nov. 5, Bachofner held ...
Child care benefits extended for poor families.
Last month, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger cut child care funding for former welfare recipients-turned-low wage workers. But, a group of public interest lawyers appealed to an Alameda County judge for a court order to stop the ...
AG's race still too close to call.
Nearly a week after the November 2 election, Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Steve Cooley are still locked in a tight battle for the Attorney General's office. As of 7pm Nov. 8, Cooley, currently the ...
2010 Big Sur Food and Wine
Photos and video from the second annual food and wine festival hosted on the coast of the Big Sur.
Henry Miller Library hosted quite a tasting event for the taste buds on Saturday afternoon. Mundaka in Carmel was there. So was fresh bread and cheese from Esalen. And a fresh sushi smorgasbord from Treebones ...
Citizen Panetta
The Panetta Institute’s exclusive gala paired gravity to levity.
Saturday’s annual Panetta Institute for Public Policy Jefferson-Lincoln Awards gala at the Inn at Spanish Bay was the largest in its 11-year history, said the Institute’s Chairperson Sylvia Panetta during her welcoming remarks. The event, ...
Weekly error on Overtone show
The story about the Nov. 9 Overtone show written up in the current Weekly is in error; it happened last month. The Weekly regrets this mistake and any confusion it might have caused.
Election Blitz
A nail-biter election yields several upsets in Monterey County.
Get used to the sound of it: Monterey County Sheriff Scott Miller, Seaside Mayor Felix Bachofner. Now try Salinas Councilman Steve McShane and Councilwoman Kimbley Craig. Marina Councilwoman Nancy Amadeo and Councilman David Brown. Pacific ...
It's official: Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital workers union election is finally settled. NUHW wins.
The National Union of Health care Workers has pledged to push back against staff reductions at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital. In mid-October, the union led workers in a lively informational picket line to protest a ...
Jerry Brown, legalized weed win big in student poll.
If the under 18 set could vote in local races, they'd throw the bums out, but they'd opt for incumbents in congressional and senatorial contests. Monterey County students voting in a League of Women Voters-sponsored ...
Meter Moratorium?
Monterey to consider a ban on PG&E SmartMeters.
The city of Monterey is considering a 45-day ban on SmartMeters, the controversial new wireless gas and electic meters being installed across California by utilities including Pacific Gas & Electric. A PG&E area manager will ...
Halloween 2010
Photos of spookiness and ghoulish good times around Monterey.
Photos from Halloween night. Photos from the annual Monterey Zombie Walk.
State sting nabs nine unlicensed contractors in Seaside.
The state of California is cracking down on unlicensed contractors - and Seaside was one of nine cities targeted in a sting operation this month. More than 100 suspected unlicensed contractors were arrested during a ...
Parting the Lettuce Curtain
Lideres Campesinas uses theater to get at some of farm work’s ugliest issues.
Though the Salinas sun beats down mercilessly, many female fieldworkers wear sweatshirts. which doesn’t make sense to most people. But there’s a very good – albeit haunting – reason that they do, and Lideres Campesinas, ...
On a High Horse
Prop. 19’s critics include medical pot backers who say the law is flawed.
Prohibition: That’s what proponents of legalized marijuana call the laws against it, harkening back to the days of Al Capone, when organized crime controlled the moonshine market. But even among pro-pot folks, there’s no unanimity ...
The best of our web exclusives.
Water Which Way?… The California Public Utilities Commission is one step closer to approving a desalination project for the Monterey Peninsula. On Oct. 21, Administrative Law Judge Angela Minkin issued a proposed decision on the ...
An Oil-Rigged permit process?
Eco-activists say the county is too quick to approve South County drilling.
Highway 101 south of Salinas passes through fields of crops, grazing cattle and wineries – calendar-caliber California ag land. But almost 20 miles past King City, the San Ardo Oil Fields reveal other riches sequestered ...
Tight Operations
Monterey Peninsula and Salinas Valley hospitals suffer from atrophied revenue.
Lean economic times tend to hit the public where it hurts most, including health care facilities. Couple the recession with insurance companies squeezing their providers and employers looking to stabilize rocketing health care costs, and ...
Race for Cash
Kanalakis outspends Miller two to one.
The latest financial disclosures filed by County Sheriff Mike Kanalakis and challenger Scott Miller show Kanalakis with expenditures of $326,099 and Miller with less than half that amount at nearly $140,000. Kanalakis had raised $276,832 ...
More cash pours into Salinas city election.
The latest campaign finance report by the pro-business Salinas Valley Leadership group shows a fresh infusion of cash from SVLG into the Salinas mayoral and council races. All told, the group has donated $23,500 to ...
