Cock Tales
Participants in the illegal pastime of cockfighting are willing to risk property and freedom in pursuit of their passion.
At 11:30am one February day, state humane investigators and city police officers swooped in on a small house at the end of Second Street in Watsonville, driven by a tip that a Sunday morning cockfight ...
Issues / 1996 / May 16
Protect This
Local growers oppose ag land protection initiative.
A proposal that seeks to safeguard the county's agricultural land has run afoul of some of the very people it's intended to protect--local ranchers and growers. This issue of the Weekly was published in print ...
Water Worries
Development prompts some concerns over water.
Despite lingering doubts among some residents about Salinas' water supply, the 466-acre Williams Ranch site currently under development in northeast Salinas is being cited as a model for other housing projects still in the approval ...
