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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 ...
Cooking for Solutions 2013 – Fish are Jumping
Seafood Watch updates keep eco-savvy consumers, chefs on their toes.
I never really thought of myself as the sea-snail-eating type. But the Monterey Bay red abalone appetizer at the C Restaurant & Bar is tender and perfectly chewy, its ocean essence counterbalanced by earthy black ...
When Zombies Attack
Big Sur survivalist Tyson Curtis will be ready.
To prevent zombies from devouring his flesh, Tyson Curtis eats things that can’t taste much better, like fox meat, foraged thistle and acorn flour. To survive in a world where the undead can smell humans ...
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 ...
Tunnel Vision
Proposed pipeline between two South County reservoirs could supply the Peninsula.
Lake Nacimiento, nicknamed “the dragon” because of its shape, isn’t deep enough to hold all the water that flows into it. Water officials are now beginning to see that as an opportunity. Nacimiento fills up ...
San Clemente Dam removal keeps to schedule, despite route change.
Construction traffic for the San Clemente Dam removal is now re-routed to completely avoid Cachagua roads. Despite earlier concerns that the change would delay the long-planned project, officials say it’s still on schedule to begin ...
Make It Rain
Water district offers DeepWater Desal $1 million to move forward.
Public gifts to private seawater desalination proposals seem to be a spring trend. Even as it backs the Peninsula mayors’ proposal to give $100 million to California American Water’s desal proposal, the Monterey Peninsula Water ...
Starting Gun
Enviro petition challenges Fort Ord’s biggest proposed development
Carlos Ramos kicked off public comment at the Aug. 4 Seaside City Council meeting with a jolt. “I have in my hands a declaration of war,” he said. “And it’s entitled, ‘Petition to Protect Fort ...
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 ...
Free Drinks
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 ...
