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Peninsula mayors offer $100 million toward desal project; Cal Am resists.
Before posting videos of his toddler son, Sebastian, at the Giants game, Carmel Mayor Jason Burnett tweeted about the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) hearing in San Francisco last week. “CalAm tying itself in knots ...
Restoring Glory
Chinatown proposal could enliven blighted area, provide shelter and services.
Wellington Lee remembers when Chinatown was the place to be. In those days, soldiers sauntered along Salinas’ Soledad Street listening to Elvis and Fats Domino blaring from the jukeboxes of popular bars. The pool hall ...
Reef Madness
Elkhorn Slough researchers experiment with oyster condos to restore native species.
The gaper and butter clam shells discarded by feasting sea otters could be considered raw material for boho jewelry. But the clam-shell necklaces strung up around the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve aren’t for ...
Unpaving Paradise
Monterey traffic plan would end one-ways, transform Custom House Plaza, relocate MST hub.
One recent weekday morning in Monterey, Custom House Plaza is empty, save for a dog walker with two golden retrievers and a woman pushing a stroller through the brick-paved hub of Monterey State Historic Park. ...
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Public Citizen 04.11.13
THURSDAY 4 | 11 MONUMENTAL ANNIVERSARY | SEASIDE – Join a community group in planning a celebration of the one-year anniversary of designating the Fort Ord National Monument. 6pm. Oldemeyer Center, 986 Hilby Ave. www.blm.gov. ...
Big House Quota
Report smacks Monterey County for sending more than its share of felons to prison.
By sending more non-violent felons to prison than the state average, Monterey County isn’t doing as much as it could to help efforts for prison realignment, according to a new report. In 2012, Monterey County ...
Putting Marine Debris on the Map
Citizen scientists tap GIS technology for cleaner oceans.
Drew Stephens first saw the Derek M. Baylis eight years ago, at a sailboat show in San Francisco. The sleek research vessel caught his eye, but so did the map displayed aboard. Stephens, then-president of ...
Supply and Demand
Low real-estate inventory, booming demand push Monterey County home prices up.
Meghan Springer put her Seaside home on the market just to see what it would fetch. She and her husband had owned the Vallejo Street house for only two years, and in that time they’d ...
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Public Citizen 04.04.13
ONGOING HONORING TEACHERS | COUNTYWIDE – Assemblyman Luis Alejo, D-Watsonville, is accepting nominations of inspiring teachers for the annual Day of the Teacher award. April 19 nomination deadline. 759-8676, www.asmdc.org/members/a30/teacheroftheyear. STAY IN SCHOOL | MARINA ...
Pharm Runoff
Carmel River Watershed Conservancy revives drug take-back program.
Michael Waxer was literally left holding the bag: dozens of pharmaceuticals left behind after his mother passed away last year. “The amount of medications a person is on – it was just a realization,” he ...
Judgment Day
After sex-abuse settlement, priest to leave ministry with payout from diocese.
A Catholic priest removed from leading the Old Mission San Juan following allegations of sexual abuse is preparing to leave the priesthood for good. But he may walk away with enough money to live on ...
Degrees Better
Proposed state budget could boost CSUMB graduation and enrollment rates.
A plumper California State University budget could help CSU Monterey Bay graduate more students and expand enrollment. Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed budget would give the university system $125 million extra to work with, offering a ...
Understaffed Salinas Fire Department could take another hit via expiring grant.
Salinas could cut 12 firefighters this year, a significant loss for an already understaffed fire department. A two-year federal grant that secured those dozen firefighters is set to expire in October, and competition to renew ...
Tough Crowd
Pacific Grove leaders face crotchety reception to public-safety reform.
It’s damned if you do, damned if you don’t when it comes to the city of Pacific Grove’s efforts at pension reform. In the latest chapter, officials are looking to outsource police services while brokering ...
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Public Citizen 03.28.13
ONGOING YWCA REOPENING | SEASIDE – YWCA opens its peninsula doors after relocating from Monterey to Seaside. YWCA provides after-hours counseling, a safe house at a confidential location, legal advocacy regarding restraining orders and other ...
