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Community groups want history honored in Bixby retrofit.
Bixby Creek Bridge's graceful 714-foot arch rising 265 feet over a steep canyon on the Big Sur coast has made it a California landmark since 1932. But how to shore-up 63-year-old concrete without changing the ...
Salinas and PG ask voters to put their money on the line to support schools.
Feeling the pinch of California's tightened education budget, both the Salinas Union School District and the Pacific Grove Unified School District will try to raise money for schools in November. This issue of the Weekly ...
Crisis center teaches kids how to protect themselves.
As the Women's Crisis Center in Salinas moves into its 20th year, one of the group's main focuses is its Child Abuse Prevention (CAP) program. This issue of the Weekly was published in print only ...
New Salinas board aims to improve Oldtown.
"I believe in Oldtown, and I believe the community needs to believe in Oldtown. We now have a group that can help spread the word that this is where the emphasis needs to be," says ...
Public safety dominates three Salinas races.
The Salinas June elections are still nearly two months, but already races are shaping up for mayor and city council. So far the predominant campaign theme is one that has all but dominated Salinas elections ...
Dollar shortage stymies solutions to Highway 68 congestion.
When Highway 68 became the only conduit off the Peninsula during the floods, four-hour delays made the traffic congestion problem commuters and residents face daily painfully obvious. Many residents want to put the breaks on ...
Two schools face EPA action for failing to comply with federal testing standards for drinking water.
The San Benancio School and Washington Union Elementary School are two of eight schools in the state under the threat o administrative action--including fines ranging from $500-$25,000--from the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failure ...
Salinas program utilizes volunteers to bring art to the classroom.
"I don't consider art enrichment; I consider these basic parts of education," says Dee Meyers, founder of the Art Docent Program at Salinas' Washington Union School District, a program that draws on the creativity of ...
Monterey County agriculture takes a $23 million dollar hit.
As the flood waters start to recede, growers continue o assess losses from last weekend's record storms that walloped the central coast, dealing perhaps the worst hit the agriculture industry has ever taken. This issue ...
City explores new use ideas for the Fox Theater.
The Salinas Fox Theater may eventually become a performing arts center for the city of Salinas--if the city can find a way to acquire the theater without shelling out dollars it doesn't have. This issue ...
