The number of consecutive months there was a major (Category 3 or above) hurricane on the Atlantic coast, the first year that has happened July through November. The year...
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RESERVOIR FUNDING FLOWS… Pacific Grove Mayor Dan Cort’s brainchild, the proposed stormwater reservoir on David Avenue has come closer to term since our last report. On Dec. 17 the...
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A contentious labor and patient-care struggle between unionized workers and four Windsor nursing homes in Monterey County has spilled into Salinas City Hall.
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Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin may not really be able to see Russia from her backyard, but California’s connections with China become more visible every day.
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Carmel-by-the-Sea and Pacific Grove are both pockets of privilege carved into prime oceanside real estate. Their residents are significantly wealthier, whiter and older than the national and county averages. Their...
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Affordable housing, school repairs and road construction projects in Monterey County may be delayed or stopped altogether as the state sinks deeper into debt by the second.
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The landfill is getting lonelier and lonelier. With the recycling of glass, plastic, metals, paper, concrete and yard waste, local cities have already exceeded the state-mandated 50 percent waste diversion...
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The percent of Monterey County residents who do not speak any English—about 89,000 people. Source: Health Profile 2007: Conditions and Behaviors, from the Monterey County Health Department.
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As Salinas caps a dubious year of brazen, gang-motivated executions, the county is poised to pull funding from law enforcement’s Gang Task Force and Silver Star, an award-winning, gang-prevention and...
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It may not be American Idol, but it’s your chance to seize the spotlight.
Every year, we ask readers to pour their hearts out by writing short stories in 101...
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