House Passes Bill Upgrading Pinnacles to National Park
After years of working to improve and protect Pinnacles National Monument, Rep. Sam Farr’s (D, Carmel) Pinnacles National Park Act—a bill calling for an upgrade ...
Casey Stoner wins the 2012 Red Bull U.S. Moto Grand Prix at Laguna Seca
The twisty track at Laguna Seca hosted a lot of speed this weekend with Repsol Honda rider Casey Stoner win his fourth race of the ...
BLM Plans More South County Oil and Gas Leases
BLM is accepting public comment on a lease sale for below-ground mineral rights on more than 6,000 acres in South Monterey County.
Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital Rejects Natividad Proposal, Will Remain Stand-Alone
After a months-long search for a prospective partner, the Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare system's going to go it alone. The SVMH board of directors voted ...
Scouting for a Surf Spot is Easier Thanks to SurfSpotting App
For those in the market for a new surf spot, you need look no further than your mobile device, thanks to the new and improved ...
Carmel Realtor Pleads Guilty to $16 Million Fraud Scheme
It's dangerous to invoke Jack Nicklaus' name unless he's really behind a golf course: Former Carmel realtor Thomas Joseph O'Meara pleaded guilty today to lying ...
Competitive Field for Salinas Mayor Takes Shape
Just a week after the filing period opened, five people have taken the first steps toward running for the two-year office. With Mayor Dennis Donohue ...
Electric Vehicle Charging Station Unveiled at Del Monte Center Mall
As California angles for a statewide reduction in greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020, the Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Charging Network and Monterey ...
Local Nonprofits Need Online Votes to Win a Minivan
Loaves, Fishes and Computers and YWCA, two local nonprofits, have a one in five chance in winning a minivan through Toyota’s nationwide competition, but their ...
Seaside Hit With First Shooting Homicide of 2012
An 18-year-old male has died from injuries sustained in a shooting in the early hours of Sunday morning. Around 4:00am, Seaside police officers responded to ...
Developer Ditches Marina's Cypress Knolls Senior Housing Project
Marina has had terrible luck with developers for its planned senior community on the former Fort Ord. It cut ties with its first developer, Front ...
MBARI Open House Draws Visitors From Around the Central Coast
Ocean lovers of all ages flocked to Moss Landing on Saturday to check out the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute’s open house in celebration of ...
State Monitoring Shows Salinas Pesticide Residues Within Limits
Pesticide residue in Salinas fell within healthy levels over the last year, according to data released Thursday by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation. “We’re ...
Armed Assailant Kills 12, Wounds Dozens at Midnight Dark Knight Showing in Colorado
A gunman in full riot gear and armed with multiple weapons opened fire on theater-goers in Aurora, Colo. during a midnight showing of The Dark ...
Pacific Grove Joins Nader Agha in Desalination Venture
The Monterey Peninsula's search for a new water supply took yet another turn Wednesday night, when the Pacific Grove City Council voted to back developer ...
Garcia Runs for Re-Election as Pacific Grove Mayor
Her earlier bids for state Assembly and county supervisor didn't pan out, but Pacific Grove Mayor Carmelita isn't ready to retire from politics. This fall, ...
BREAKING: Legal Claims in Regional Desal Project Pile Up, County Fires Back at Marina Coast
First the Monterey County Water Resources Agency and Marina Coast Water District commissioned separate reports detailing the collapse of the Regional Water Project; each report ...
Seaside Artist Completes Ohlone Baskets
The past two and a half years of Linda Yamane's life have been dedicated to the creation of two feather-and-olivella-bead Ohlone baskets. One, supported by ...
New Regional Transportation Leader Hired
Months after local planning agencies pushed the Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments to consider dissolving itself altogether, the regional transportation agency has new leadership. ...
State Supreme Court Declines to Hear John Kenney Case, Murder Conviction Upheld
The state Supreme Court announced July 11 it wouldn't hear an appeal by John Kenney, who was sentenced in 2008 to life in prison without ...
Marina Cops Bust Suspected Marijuana Growers
Marina police discovered about 100 mature pot plants, as well as a drying operation, in a residential garage Thursday night. This was the third bust ...
Public Utilities Commission Votes to Sink Regional Water Project
The Regional Water Project went out with barely a whimper on Thursday. A month after Administrative Law Judge Gary Weatherford proposed the California Public Utilities ...
One Dead in Salinas Triple Shooting
Three young men were walking home near North Hebbron street after church around 10:30pm last night, Bibles in hand, when a few assailants walked up ...
Del Rey Oaks Taser Death Lawsuit Dismissed
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit against Taser International July 11, finding the company had no obligation to inform law enforcement ...
Taylor Farms Locates Headquarters in Downtown Salinas
Fresh produce giant Taylor Farms, a company based out of Salinas with farms all over North America, will break ground in August on a new ...
Election Results Finalized; Huerta Hangs onto Seat as Greenfield Mayor
Greenfield Mayor John Huerta is looking forward to finishing out his term, which ends in 2014, with a newly configured city council he expects will ...
City of Marina Sues FORA, Judge Temporarily Halts Planned Sale of Preston Park
A judge today temporarily halted the Fort Ord Reuse Authority's pending sale of Preston Park, a 354-unit housing development in Marina. The city of Marina ...
UPDATED: EPA Tells FORA to Man the Fort, Threatens to Close off Public Access
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has instructed the Fort Ord Reuse Authority to crack down on trespassing on the former Fort Ord, and threatening to ...
CASA of Monterey County Gets New Name, Logo
After a year of planning, Court Appointed Special Advocates, or CASA, is unveiling a new name, logo and marketing plan—including a new website and brochure—the ...
Health Care Reform Boosted Preventive Screenings in California
More than 1.3 million Californians received at least one preventive service free of charge during the first six months of 2012 thanks to the Affordable ...
Salinas Launches First Public Community Garden
A 22-by-33-foot sliver of Central Park next to Hartnell College is just a patch of dirt now, but it took $4,500 and hours of volunteer ...
Scuba Diving for Smiles at the Monterey Bay Aquarium
Children with disabilities and special needs scuba dive at the Monterey Bay Aquarium with a little help from new friends.
Former La Playa Workers Call For Boycott of Hotel
Of the 113 workers laid off after the sale and subsequent purchase of La Playa hotel in Carmel by Classic Hotels & Resorts, two have ...
Woman Perishes in Monterey Apartment Fire
An apartment fire on Munras Avenue has claimed the life of an elderly woman this morning. At 6:55am, Monterey firefighters responded to reports of heavy ...
Local Red Cross Volunteers Headed to Help Montana Wildfire Evacuees
Carmel Vally residents and Red Cross volunteers Beverly Parker and Michele Reiners have been deployed to help staff shelters for those displaced by Montana wildfires.
Two Former DLI Instructors Plead Guilty to Lying About Immigration Status
Former Defense Language Institute teachers Adeba Sultana and her husband Mohammad Ali Rabbani pleaded guilty in federal court on Monday to using fake names and ...
County Takes Steps Toward Preserving Whispering Oaks
Almost a year after the County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to support a new Monterey-Salinas Transit headquarters and a business park on the former ...
NPS Dean of Students Alan Poindexter Killed in Jet Ski Accident
U.S. Navy Captain Alan Poindexter, a former NASA astronaut and current dean of students at the Naval Postgraduate School, was killed in a jet-skiing accident ...
Peninsula Water Fee Moves Forward
The Monterey Peninsula needs fresh water, which takes money. That's the bottom line for the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District board, which on June 27 ...
