Thursday, March 28
National, local groups strive to register Hispanic voters.
In the wake of the nail-biting finish between Simon Salinas and J.T. "Jesse" James in the race for the District 1 Supervisorial race--and with only 33 percent of the heavily Hispanic district even turning out ...
The men and women who come here from across the border are in search of the necessities--food and a job.
They start arriving just after dawn, most of them in jackets to ward off the morning chill. Most of them wear old, faded jeans and work boots. As more of them show up in the ...
Turnout in Districts 1 and 5 may have made crucial differences.
A higher-than-predicted county-wide turnout for the March 26 primary may have helped raise the hopes of District 5 Supervisorial candidate Dave Potter in his bid for a rematch against front-runner Jeff Davi, but did nothing ...
Thursday, March 21
Lily Cervantes is the candidate to beat in the 28th Assembly District.
With less than a week to go before the Democratic primary for the 28th District Assembly seat, it looks as though Lily Cervantes will edge out her two rivals, San Benito County Supervisor Mike Graves ...
Political office may be losing its allure.
Like trash collecting, working as an elected official is perceived as a dirty, necessary job. If recent elections are any indication, it's also a job an increasing number of people are avoiding. Call them the ...
Thursday, March 14
As traffic on Highway 68 slows, so does the flow of funds for improvements.
If you are one of the nearly 23,000 drivers who travels the narrow, often crowded Highway 68 corridor each day between Monterey and Salinas, there is good news...and bad. This issue of the Weekly was ...
A new bill would require convicted gang members to register with the police.
In the growing trend of "tough on crime" legislation, the latest fad seems to be registration laws--laws that require people convicted of certain crimes to register themselves with police even after their release from prison. ...
Thursday, March 7
Salinas attorney will ask court to put Salinas non-profit in receivership.
A threatened petition to put Community Housing Improvement Systems and Planning Association (CHISPA) into receivership could be the latest in a swarm of legal proceedings swirling around the 15-year-old Salinas non-profit. This issue of the ...
Site-Based Management at Salinas High gives power to the school.
A group of parents, teachers, students and staff at Salinas High School could end up with the power to make hiring and spending decisions if the Salinas Union High School District Board of Trustees approves ...
Who is the man who hopes to become District 5's new supervisor?
He's a good-looking 28-year-old who's enthusiastically campaigning for the opportunity to spend the wee hours going over arcane matters like the Monterey County budget and environmental impact reports for various and sundry county projects. This ...
