Recent Stories
Solid Foundation
Nonprofit scandal nears resolution with a proposed new fund for AIDS patient housing.
It seemed almost unspeakable at the time. A Seaside-based nonprofit serving people with HIV/AIDS stood accused by the state Attorney General’s office of misspending $2.8 million from its general fund and an endowment for housing ...
The Invisible Michelangelo
Dong Sun Kim’s murals quietly capture the beauty of his adopted country.
Dong Sun Kim is a stealth artist. As he guides his brush around a pencil outline of a woman posing against a spectacular, wall-spanning Monterey Bay vista, he reveals that he’s making this work of ...
Empty Lots
Supreme Court decision dooms redevelopment agencies, leaves cities reeling.
Marina’s share of the former Fort Ord offers unparalleled views of long-delayed development. There’s Marina Heights, the 248-acre swath slated for over 1,000 homes, which was approved in March 2004 but remains undeveloped. There’s the ...
Gimme Shelter
Occupy Monterey looks forward to an uncertain future.
The 20 or so tents clustered in Monterey’s Veteran’s Park look worse for wear Dec. 29 after nearly two months of continuous use. Their occupants, a mix of the older homeless population and younger (but ...
Furthering FORA
A legislative debate over the agency’s future is just around the corner.
By this time next week, Bill Monning will be back in Sacramento, attempting to convince non-Central Coast legislators that the Fort Ord Reuse Authority deserves to stay alive past June 30, 2014. It’ll be a ...
Test For Success
MPC, Hartnell leaders question state task force recs for community colleges.
It’s hard to find an area of California’s infrastructure that’s not facing a bleak future these days. But even as public safety and parks and rec departments take big budget hits, it’s arguably the state’s ...
Throwdowntown
Monterey debates future of Alvarado, starting with Mucky Duck.
The sizzling sounds of Jake Nielsen’s blues guitar give Monterey’s Alvarado Street an electric charge on a recent Friday night. The Watsonville musician is a fixture of the outdoor live music scene at the newly ...
Acting Against AIDS
Central Coast HIV/AIDS Services educates to help stop disease’s spread.
It’s been 30 years since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the first U.S. cases of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). The dark cloud of a death sentence that hung over those who ...
Going For Gold
Peninsula police see spikes in drug use, with gold theft for quick cash rising.
Residential break-ins and burglaries are up on the Peninsula, and Monterey Police Department Detective Michael Bruno says brown powder and gold jewelry are to blame. Since Jan. 1, MPD has made 43 arrests for possession ...
Neighbors Get Fresh
Del Monte residents raise ruckus about proposed grocery store.
The website for supermarket chain Fresh & Easy is all sunshine and smiles, with photos of cheerful employees and phrases like “a good neighbor.” But some Monterey residents who live on quiet Helvic Avenue just ...
