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Fishy Finances
Local salmon fishermen report record prices, disappointing harvest in the early season.
Boots planted on the floor of his boat in Monterey Harbor, Bryan Lucas hoists his only catch of the day: a sparkling 17-pound Chinook salmon caught May 17 off Pebble Beach. “The fish have been ...
A Plant of its Own
Santa Cruz moves forward with desal, eliminating Moss Landing options.
Santa Cruz is facing many of the same water problems as the Monterey Peninsula: seawater intrusion, the need for a drought-proof water supply and state-mandated cutbacks on river pumping. Officials from both regions say desalination ...
Forward March
After losing on Prop. 37 and a major patent battle in court, anti-GMO activists regroup.
By the time this paper comes out, there will likely be a giant message to passersby written on the Highway 1-facing dune in Seaside known as Scribble Hill: March Against Monsanto. The concern protesters were ...
Hate the Koch Brothers or Monsanto? There’s an app for that.
Proposition 37, a failed 2012 ballot measure, would’ve required labeling of packaged food products containing genetically modified ingredients. As Prop. 37 supporters work on a revised ballot measure for 2014, there’s a new tool for ...
Booze Control
Salinas considers lifting liquor-license cap; prevention and recovery groups protest.
Booze is a social stimulant – could it be an economic one as well? It’s a debate that’s poised to hit the Salinas City Council soon. But while some Salinas policymakers think making alcohol regulations ...
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Public Citizen 05.23.13
ONGOING AID TO CUBA | CARMEL – Join Congregation Beth Israel’s humanitarian trip to Cuba (Nov. 6-13), which includes history tours and donation deliveries to synagogues. May 25 deadline to register. $3,440/person. 624-2015, www.carmelbethisrael.org. THURSDAY ...
Hard Labor
Hartnell College sides with unions, could face fight in construction negotiations.
“Which side are you on?” the old labor song asks. It was a choice Hartnell College trustees had to make in early May, when the board decided to require a project labor agreement, or PLA, ...
Fish Out of Water
Cal Am admits it’ll miss the state’s deadline on Carmel River cutbacks.
We’re not gonna make it. That’s the message of a January letter from the president of California American Water Co. to the chair of the State Water Resources Control Board. Even in the rosiest of ...
Oldest Profession
Authorities say a lack of resources allows prostitution to flourish in Salinas.
Outside one Oldtown Salinas boutique, it isn’t uncommon to hear screams: “You need to pay me! You need to pay me!” Prostitutes in the city – even within the relatively well-populated bounds of the business ...
All Fizzed Up
Bill Monning breathes new life into soda tax effort; industry fights back.
The debate over taxing sugar-added beverages is even more divisive than the age-old Coke-versus-Pepsi question. Some studies demonize soda for the rise in obesity; others defend it, blaming snack food and other treats. State Sen. ...
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Public Citizen 05.16.13
LEARNING FROM LATIN AMERICA | MONTEREY – Monterey Institute of International Studies Professor Jan Black compares issues of human rights, globalization and the media between the U.S. and our neighbors to the south. 11:30am-1:30pm. Hilton ...
Language Arts
DLI Foundation launches plan to foster multi-lingual learning, keeping DLI at arm’s length.
In 1995, California Gov. Pete Wilson made Monterey Bay’s claim as the “language capital of the world” official. Monterey Language Capital Advocates, a coalition of organizations, was formed in the early 1990s to support Monterey ...
Hot Spot
Sex offenders cluster at Salinas motel; Supreme Court considers housing restrictions.
A concentration of sex offenders in an East Salinas motel has raised some eyebrows, and plays into a statewide debate about whether it’s constitutional to restrict where some sex offenders live. Seventeen registered sex offender ...
Real Property
Salinas plans to buy tax-burdened Chinatown building for homeless services.
During a 2008 property auction, Monterey County offered a dirt-cheap price for a Salinas building. But there were no takers. A property in Chinatown, a haven for the homeless and drug dealers, can be a ...
Study of P.G.’s CalPERS initiative returns to the council this week.
Pacific Grove officials are hoping for a legal escape hatch from a citizens’ ballot initiative they fear could cost the city millions. The initiative seeks to void a 2002 City Council decision approving “3-percent-at-50” pension ...
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