Thursday, December 19
County pulls out of environmental camp for kids
The Monterey County Office of Education (MCOE) has suspended for one year its administrative support of the popular Monterey County Outdoor Education proram citing the need to search for a local facility. This issue of ...
Workers say the Holiday Inn has it in for them.
It was a morning in late November when Francisco Rosa, a cook at the Holiday Inn in Monterey for the last 14 years, received a called from his supervisor. "Come in early because you have ...
Local Republicans for Choice say their party doesn't speak for them.
"Mad as hell and not going to take it anymore." That's probably the best way to characterize the feelings of some moderate Monterey County Republicans who atended a meeting with State Senator Bruce McPherson last ...
Thursday, December 12
Who will get KO'd in the battle for Monterey County consumer dollars?
'Tis the season to consume. With unemployment down, the California economy back up and several million square feet of local retail space beckoning, local shoppers are now in high gear, filling their baskets to the ...
NERT Alert
No, they're not members of a pocket-protector squad come to crack down on cool. Nonetheless, a NERT--short for Neighborhood Emergency Response Team--might save your life. This issue of the Weekly was published in print only ...
Salinas program for prison moms wins praise from around the state.
Janice Jones literally owes her life to the Helen McCaig House in Salinas. Two years ago, the 31-year-old almost lost her children and any chance for a stable family life to the dark world of ...
New program aims to bring convicted moms together with their kids.
Doing time with your children may help in making sure they never have to do time. That's the philosophy behind Senate Bill 519, which was signed into law by Governor Pete Wilson in 1994. This ...
Thursday, December 5
Welfare reform will affect more than 8,000 families locally.
More homeless families, more unhealthy babies, and more disabled people left on their own to fend for themselves are among the possible effects of national welfare reform that could be felt in Monterey County. This ...
Locals join the national trend of reading in groups.
It's a warm sunny afternoon; unusual for Carmel in November. Nevertheless, a group of 20 men and women, four to five decades removed from college, are indoors, sitting around tables at the Carmel Foundation, pondering ...
Court order or no, Proposition 209 will have little effect in Monterey County.
When US District Judge Thelton Henderson temporarily blocked enforcement of Proposition 209 last Wednesday, he officially put the brakes on a new law that--at least in Monterey County--wasn't really going anywhere anyway. This issue of ...
