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Taking the Fifth

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 ...

Big Buck Bonanza

Bingo is a $15 million annual business in Salinas that no one is responsible for regulating.

Most of us have probably forgotten the bumperstickers that appeared during election time in 1983 reading "Keep granny off the street--legalize bingo." This issue of the Weekly was published in print only and has not ...

Oil on the Water?

The closure of PG&E's oil transfer facility may leave the coast more vulnerable to oil spills.

At first glance, Pacific Gas and Electric Company's (PG&E) decision to close its fuel oil transfer facility near Moss Landing is good news. In the future, PG&E announced, its Moss Landing power plant will use ...

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