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Mountain lion protections targeted.
On April 24, a female mountain lion attacked and killed Barbara Schoener, a 40-year-old mother of two who happened to be jogging in the Auburn State Recreation area in Eldorado County. This issue of the ...
Lack of enforcement dollars still hampers Sanctuary efforts.
While officials for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) say they are poised to begin enforcing the two-year-old Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary's regulations, a shortage of funding means federal officials are still relying ...
Big Sur volunteers train for over-the-cliff rescues.
Amidst the sweet smell of wild sage blossoming along the cliffs of beautiful Big Sur, a 27-year-old woman sits bleeding in her car, 350 feet below the edge of the highway. This issue of the ...
Council looks to amend regulations preventing jade removal.
Twenty to thirty million years ago, heat and pressure created three veins of jade 150 feet below the rocky cliffs of Big Sur. Today, local interest in jade collection is spurring heated debate as officials ...
Pacific Grove leaders put aside dissent to support Measure E.
Opposition and dispute have for now been put aside as the business and residential community of Pacific Grove come together in agreement on a major issue up for vote in June. This issue of the ...
Musicians, teachers lament proposed cuts in elementary instruction.
More than 6,000 elementary students in Monterey could have their musical education cut in half if the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District (MPUSD) board approves proposed budget cuts next month. This issue of the Weekly ...
The Ventana Wilderness Sanctuary is slowly bringing eagles back to Big Sur.
They have a hauntingly memorable call. They are huge and majestic creatures with wing spans as great as eight feet. They come to breed within 100 miles of where they learned to fly. When they ...
Local center gives teens without hope the courage to go on.
At 13, Mandy was unable to relate to her parents or her teachers in school and she was becoming increasingly depressed and emotionally unstable. "I started getting suicidal when things were bottling up inside me," ...
