County Dems Endorse Armenta, Condemn Recall Effort
The Monterey County Democratic Party issued endorsements for the 2012 Board of Supervisors reelection campaigns in the midst of tensions surrounding an effort to recall ...
Salinas Gunrunner Sentenced
A 30-year-old Salinas man was sentenced today to 57 months in federal prison for selling military-style weapons and ammunition. Israel Espinoza was convicted of conspiring ...
Local Military Gets Big Building Bucks From the Feds
The federal House Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee smiled upon Central Coast army bases and training institutes today, approving a bill that allocates some ...
STD Cases High in Monterey County
The Monterey County Health Department’s Communicable Disease Unit has released its annual report of communicable diseases. The department received 11,189 reports of communicable illness from ...
State Agency Charges Pacific Grove With Violating Labor Laws
The Pacific Grove Police Officers' Association scored a major victory today, as the California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) issued a complaint against the city ...
First Commercial Methyl Iodide Application in California Goes Smoothly
A Fresno County pepper grower applied methyl iodide Tuesday to a little more than an acre, and the application went without a hitch, says Carol ...
Mucky Duck's Alcohol License Suspended by State
Popular Downtown Monterey pub the Mucky Duck is in murky waters, according to an email sent to the Weekly by City Council member Nancy Selfridge. ...
County Honors Women Leaders
An historic, though little remembered figure in Monterey County was its first Chinese voter, a resident of the Chinese fishing village that once stood where ...
EPA Extended Methyl Iodide Comment Period at Request of New York Attorney General
Four years after registering the controversial fumigant methyl iodide, the US Environmental Protection Agency reopened public comment on the chemical, receiving hundreds of comments (representing ...
Former Fort Hunter-Liggett Officer Pleads Guilty to Sexually Abusing a Minor
Ex-Monterey resident Antonio Bates, now of Anchorage, Alaska, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to sexually abusing a minor from 1989-1996 while he lived ...
Kiraly Gives Aspiring Volleyballers a Lesson
Three-time Olympic Gold Medalist and all-around beach volleyball guru Karch Kiraly put on a clinic on Carmel Beach last weekend during his visit for the ...
Court Rejects Marina Coast Request to Appeal Lawsuit
Today the California Supreme Court denied Marina Coast Water District's request to toss out a lawsuit brought by the Ag Land Trust, challenging water rights in the Regional Desalination Project.
Pro-Desal Group Asks Court to Scrap Lawsuit
A lawsuit challenging the Regional Desalination Project will unfairly hurt the region's low-income Latino families, according to a May 10 letter from the waterWATCH coalition.
Revamped, Renamed Monterey Maritime Museum to Reopen June 4
Monterey residents will be celebrating more than their city's 241st birthday June 4: They'll also get their first look at the newly remodeled Monterey Maritime ...
Amgen Tour of California's Snow Scrap
Thanks to some unseasonably cold and snowy weather, the 2011 Amgen Tour of California was forced to cancel the opening stage of the race in ...
Health Department Cautions Valley Residents About Wildfire Smoke Exposure
A brushfire burning east of Soledad has already claimed 800 acres, and officials say it may continue to burn through the weekend. Though no increased ...
State to Shutter 70 Parks, 4 in Monterey County
Monterey County will lose a quarter of its state parks and beaches to the state's budget crunch. State Parks announced plans on Friday to shutter ...
CSUMB to Host CSU Summer Arts Program
CSUMB has been chosen as the host campus for CSU Summer Arts, which brings a bevy of highly regarded artists and performers for five summers starting in 2012.
Health Clinic Sunday
The Migrant Education Program, which reaches about 15,000 students in the Salinas Valley region, presents a health clinic and health information day for migrant, uninsured, ...
New Monterey Budget Built on Employee Concessions, Contributions
Monterey's been on the brink of a budget brawl, as city officials have struggled to close a $5 million gap in its budget for the ...
Recall Effort to Oust Armenta Derailed
Community members pushing for a recall of County Supervisor Fernando Armenta failed to submit a draft petition to the Elections Department by their deadline today, ...
Police Pursuit After Armed Robbery Ends in South Salinas
Downtown Salinas became a hot bed of police officers after an armed robbery suspect fled on motorcycle from a traffic stop, says Salinas public information ...
Surfrider Awarded Nearly $286k for Desal Assist
The California Public Utilities Commission has OK'd a $285,818 payout to Surfrider Foundation for its contributions to the Regional Desalination Project.
Surviving Tonight's 'Idol' Cut Brings Durbin to Local Stations
American Idol contestant and local boy James Durbin is hours away from getting some of the best news of his life, or perhaps some of ...
Scattini Replaces Collins on Water Resources Agency Board
The Grower-Shipper Vegetable Association has named Mike Scattini to replace Steve Collins on the Monterey County Water Resources Agency board.
CalSTRS Weighs Risk on Investment in Methyl Iodide Manufacturer
When California State Teachers’ Retirement System Chief Investment Officer Christopher Ailman meets with representatives from Permira IV in New York next week, he’ll be talking ...
MPC Marine Tech Center Lands $1.6M Grant
Monterey Peninsula College's Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center just scored a $1.6 million federal grant, with an assist from Sam Farr.
MIIS Full of Fulbrights
The Monterey Institute of International Studies President Sunder Ramaswamy is “delighted to see [five MIIS] students honored with” Fulbright awards. The five students awarded will ...
County Education Leaders Declare "State of Emergency" at Colton Hall Rally
Another day, another protest at Colton Hall. Today's rally, sponsored by the California Teachers Association and advertised on red-inked flyers as "State of Emergency," was ...
Lewis Campaign Revises Finance Form
Brenda Lewis, the winner of last week's water board election, says her reported campaign contribution from Citizens for Transparency in Government was a clerical error.
Seaside Dogs Get Free Run at Pacchetti Park
The city of Seaside has finally thrown a bone to local dog owners by declaring Pacchetti Park open to pooches.
Two Teens Arrested for March 26 Murder in Marina
Marina police arrested two teens Friday and charged them with the March 26 murder of 17-year-old William Turcios, who died after being shot in the ...
Parent Protest of MPUSD Board Planned for This Afternoon
"It is time to send OUR message, loud and clear!" So begins an email from and for Monterey Peninsula Unified School District parents announcing a ...
Second Lawsuit Filed Against Natividad for Boy's Suicide
When 19-year-old Joseph Paul Arcoleo hanged himself with a bed sheet in his Natividad Medical Center hospital room, he was on a "5150 hold," meaning ...
Seaside Businesswoman Recognized by U.S. Small Business Administration
Shannan Watkins's Seaside business, Early Development Services, has come a long way in just 13 years. In 1998, Watkins transformed a condemned house in Seaside ...
ASPCA Accused of Pulling the Wool
“Humane societies and SPCAs throughout the country” are suffering—thanks to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals’ high-profile commercials featuring Sarah McLachlan ...
Brenda Lewis Wins Water Board Seat
In the water board contest pitting political newcomer Brenda Lewis against well-connected old-timer Tom Mancini, the newbie has won by a landslide.
Carmel Considers Plastic Bag Ban
Local environmentalists, from high-schoolers to professionals, tonight encouraged the Carmel City Council to ban single-use plastic bags within city limits.
Amgen Tour of California Changes Course
The 2011 Amgen Tour of California has re-routed Stage 5 away from the Big Sur coast and into the Carmel and Salinas Valleys due to ...
Panetta's Return to Front and Center
In an interview with Leon Panetta in Nov. 2006 the Weekly took a look into his views on bipartisanship, the legislative process and his stepping ...
Panetta Gets His Man
President Barack Obama extolled intelligence operatives and special forces for their “extraordinary courage and capability” in the tracking and killing of Osama Bin Laden late ...
