Recent Stories
Music education also hard hit by by budget cuts.
California music classes and teachers declined dramatically between 1999-2000 and the 2003-04 academic year, according to the aptly named “The Sound of Silence” report, authored by Music For All, a national music education organization. The ...
The War on Culture
From kindergarten to community college, art education budgets are being slashed to the bone. And we’re all going to pay the price.
Kim and Gina Weston hosted the Weston Scholarship awards ceremony in early May like they do every year, but this year’s event at the Sunset Center was bittersweet. To enter the contest, each student must ...
Tidal Creativity
SpectorDance draws from the science to take on its most ambitious project yet: the sea.
The ocean, like fluid dancers’ bodies in motion, fascinates and soothes. It’s meditative and beautiful – on the surface. “We’re all struck by the beauty of the ocean, the mystery and the vast frontier, an ...
State of MPC
Dr. Douglas Garrison talks budget cuts and inspiring educators at annual MPC President’s Address.
These are not rosy times for California community colleges. Monterey Peninsula College is facing $2 million to $5.2 million in cuts—the exact number will come from the state, which still hasn’t figured out how to ...
Cal Am to CPUC: MYOB
(But Marina Coast Water District paid for Collins’ big fat consulting contract, Cal Am tattles.)
As Monterey County investigates Steve Collins’ potential conflict of interest involving the regional desalination project, Cal Am “believes that Mr. Collins advocated on behalf of the Regional Desalination Project,” according to an April 25 letter ...
Down to the River
The physical and emotional well-being of the Carmel River Watershed—and those who love it—comes to life in a new, collaborative project.
“Fish are not just fish,” says painter Paola Fiorelle Berthoin. They connect us to the seasons, and the watershed where they live. During the winter months, they swim in from the ocean and up the ...
Liquid Assets
Cal Am projects what water bills will look like in 2015.
Ever-higher water bills are a constant on the Monterey Peninsula. With several different projects coming down the pipe – including the regional desalination project, the San Clemente Dam removal and Cal Am’s request for a ...
Engine Stall
Green Vehicles faces rent, cashflow issues in quest to build niche electric vehicles.
Salinas’ great green hope may be sputtering to a stop. Documents obtained by the Weekly show Green Vehicles, an electric carmaker that operates out of the old Firestone plant outside Salinas, is behind on its ...
Recovery Review
Feds audit Housing Authority’s use of stimulus bucks.
The feds are taking a closer look at how Monterey County’s Housing Authority spent millions of dollars in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds. In 2009, the Housing Authority received almost $3 million in stimulus ...
Math for Dummies
College presidents worry about “brain drain” as lawmakers cut deeper into higher education.
Time continues to tick away on the state budget clock, leaving local colleges in limbo. Late last week, Gov. Jerry Brown signed budget bills that would hike community college fees from $26 per unit to ...
