Recent Stories
Local leaders tell how they plan to keep salt water--and the state Water Resources Control Board--out of the Salinas Valley.
Ed Boutonnet knows about seawater creeping into the Salinas Valley's water supply. "It is very, very serious. It's not something that is going to go away until it is attended to properly," says Boutonnet, general ...
Growers, environmentalists wonder how NAFTA will reconcile health and safety standards.
If you believe free trade won't affect US environmental and consumer protection laws, think again. At least one consumer protection law has already been placed in jeopardy as a result of free trade with Canada. ...
A high-tech approach to efficient water use.
Mention the word "laser" and people imagine science fiction or medical technology. But in the Salinas Valley, "laser" means more efficient water use and improved farming. This issue of the Weekly was published in print ...
In this special report, we examine how local state legislators raise and spend campaign money--much to their challengers' chagrin.
How much would you pay to keep your current job? That's a question Sacramento legislators ask year after year. How much is a legislator seat in Sacramento, which pays around $50,000 a year, worth? This ...
Bill Monning, consultant to the Center for a new Democracy, says California election laws limit political participation.
Fusion is the solution to America's political woes. Fusion? That's what Salinas attorney, law school teacher and human rights activist Bill Monning says. Monning is a former executive director and now consultant to the Center ...
Drawing Boundaries
Last October, when the county Supervisors adopted a redistricting plan opposed by Latino activists demanding representation on the board, Supervisor Sam Karas said the plan would not withstand a court challenge. "Anyone," he said, "who ...
Affordable Housing
In the last decade, housing prices climbed 131 percent in Monterey County and rental rates climbed 116 percent, but incomes in the county climbed just 56 percent. This issue of the Weekly was published in ...
Dusan Petrovic, Clarence Thomas and beyond
Former Monterey County Supervisor Dusan Petrovic is scheduled next week to settle one sexual harassment suit against him. His attorney is seeking a court approval of a $25,000 settlement for harassment Petrovic inflicted on a ...
The recession is hitting the government agencies that serve the most needy.
Sacramento faces a $6 billion budget deficit. The federal government a $340 billion deficit. Monterey County is projecting a $4 million deficit. This issue of the Weekly was published in print only and has not ...
Army's Ord Plan
Seaside's hopes of a post-Fort Ord revival got blindsided Friday when the Army released its preliminary plans for a scaled-down presence after the Seventh Infantry Division moves to Fort Lewis, Washington. This issue of the ...
