Thursday, August 29
Salinas program aims to fill school lunch gap.
Three hundred Salinas children ate lunch for free this summer, thanks to a program designed to bridge the gap left open when subsidized school lunch programs close down for the summer. This issue of the ...
NAFTA has made Baja field work child's play.
From a distance, the green onion field, located in the heart of Baja California's Mexicali Vally, looks almost festive. Dozens of large colored sheets, strung between lengths of iron rebar to provide shelter from the ...
Summer Schooled
At Casady & Greene in Salinas, the days of summer have been anything but lazy. The 12-year-old software publishing company has just finished holding a program to train its summer interns, all 46 of them, ...
Rancho San Carlos gambles on the courts to save their project.
"We have found that when people learn the facts about the Santa Lucia Community Preserve, thy come to support the plan," says Rancho San Carlos' (RSC) Managing Partner Tom Gray. "Taken to a vote, we ...
Thursday, August 22
Ballot measure would require more voter OKs on fees and assessments.
A state proposition that taxpayer groups say will put a stop to cities and counties trying to get around Proposition 13 could end up punching a $100 million-a-year hole in revenues to local governments around ...
There's that generation word again. What is Generation X anyway?
Generation X are five little syllables that make most of us cringe, and for different reasons. The label is bad enough, but what it stands for is even worse. This issue of the Weekly was ...
Local rose growers turn to hydroponics to produce beautiful, bountiful blooms.
There will be less digging in the dirt for some Monterey County rose growers. Faced with stiff foreign competition and the ever-increasing need to conserve water, they--like many of their colleagues across the country-- are ...
Thursday, August 15
Computerized permitting should streamline county approvals.
A new Windows-based permit tracking software system that is scheduled to be unveiled in Monterey County this fall is expected to ease some of the permit traffic making its way between county building, planning and ...
Local health and safety efforts take aim at low child safety seat compliance.
A series of semi-monthly checkpoints throughout the city of Salinas are aimed at preventing the type of horrendous tragedy that last year claimed the life of a 13-month-old Salinas girl. This issue of the Weekly ...
Odwalla Founder Greg Steltenpohl and his partners were looking for a business that allowed them to respect the earth, nourish the body, and stay within spitting distance of the ocean.
A soothing expanse of blue ocean is on permanent display outside Greg Steltenpohl's window. Playing counterpoint to this azure backdrop are the contents of his desk. The Odwalla founder's 8-year-old son, Eli, smiles up from ...
Thursday, August 8
For safety's sake, the public deserves advance notice of methyl bromide use.
Advocates for farm workers and a healthy environment have for many years called for a ban on the use of methyl bromide. Agricultural users of methyl bromide, including local strawberry growers, have used their political ...
Listing of steelhead trout could restrict future development.
Last week's proposal by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to list the steelhead trout as an endangered species could have significant impact locally on future development and on any plans to build a new ...
Salinas program ties permits to responsible alcohol policies.
Talking about controlling drunk driving has gotten to be a popular political pastime. Officials in Salinas have actually done something about the problem. This issue of the Weekly was published in print only and has ...
State voters await a record number of initiatives in November, but what does that say about us?
No history of California politics over the last three decades would be complete without a place of honor for that most common of household items, the ironing board. This issue of the Weekly was published ...
RSC plaintiffs say nothing has changed in their battle to block Rancho San Carlos.
"It's still one and the same suit," says attorney Zan Henson in the wake of the recent split between himself and Noel Mapstead over the lawsuit to force reconsideration of the Rancho San Carlos (RSC) ...
Thursday, August 1
New irrigation monitoring system uses computers to conserve water.
There is a new device being tested in the Salinas and San Joaquin valleys that, if successful, could revolutionize the way farmers throughout water-depleted California irrigate their crops. EnviroSCAN, marketed by Australia-basd Sentek Environmental Innovations, ...
Seaside parents quesion bilingual education.
"I'm not a prejudiced person, I swear I'm not," insists Dawn Balding. Seaside mother of four. "But when my kids are not getting a good education and they're getting pushed aside, I lose it." This ...
Grassroots efforts in Salinas help curb violence
The city of Salinas' report of fewer homicides in 1996 to date than in recent years may be attributed in part to the growth of community-based programs, say city officials and representatives of grassroots community ...
