FORA for Six More Years: Governor Signs Monning's Bill
The Fort Ord Reuse Authority, which had been slated to sunset in 2014, will be extended for six more years. Under Assembly Bill 1614, authored ...
Planning Commission Approves County Radio Tower Plan Despite Neighbor Opposition
The Planning Commission voted Wednesday to approve the county's $24 million plan to revamp the towers that make up its emergency communications radio system. The ...
Gang Members Arrested in Marina Shooting; Retaliation for Seaside Homicide
Two men described by police as known gang members have been charged with attempted murder for the August 23 shooting of a man escorting his ...
County and Carmel Valley Association Settle Traffic Lawsuit
A legal challenge to the way the county counts traffic on Carmel Valley Road has been settled. The county's general plan, GPU10, had replaced a ...
Two Shootings in Three Days Plague Seaside
A second shooting in three days occurred on Tuesday night when Seaside police officers responded to reports of shots fired near Mingo and Highland streets. ...
City of Salinas Reaches Second Settlement in Sexual Assault Allegations Against Former Cop
Salinas City Council reached a $110,000 settlement on Tuesday with a teenage girl who alleged she was repeatedly sexually assaulted by a former adviser in ...
Enviro Groups Oppose Seismic Testing at Diablo Canyon
The nuclear power watchdog group that's advocated for comprehensive seismic analysis at the Diablo Canyon power plant is now joining a chorus of environmental groups ...
Fort Ord Clean-Up Crew Faces Skeptical Public
The Fort Ord Reuse Authority's Environmental Services Cooperative Agreement Remediation Program faced a prickly public at a community information meeting last Thursday. ESCA and its ...
Judge Tosses Steve Collins' Lawsuit Against County
Dismissing former Monterey County Water Resources Agency director Steve Collins' defamation lawsuit against the county as "a smoke and mirrors dance," Judge Roger Randall tossed ...
Lawrence Jones’ Ex-Wife Shot to Death, Then Dismembered
Norife Herrera Jones, whose estranged husband has been charged in connection with her murder, was shot before her body was dismembered and dumped, according to ...
NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour To Fly Over Monterey Friday Morning
Amateur astronauts should pull out their binoculars for a chance to view the Space Shuttle Endeavour as it is scheduled to pass over Monterey Bay ...
FORA Board Looks to De-Link Veterans Cemetery from Endowment Parcel
The Fort Ord Reuse Authority may snip off the controversial endowment parcel that's weighing down the planned veterans' cemetery in Seaside. Problem is, that same ...
Alejo's Bill on Hospital Contract Accountability Signed into Law
Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assemblyman Luis Alejo’s, D-Watsonville, health care contract accountability bill into law. Alejo introduced Assembly Bill 2180 to address concerns raised in ...
Monterey Bay's Sea Floor Is Resilient, New Report Finds
Monterey Bay's sea floor is home to thousands of cold-water coral colonies, and federal rules protecting fish habitats from bottom trawling are giving habitats a ...
Veterans Wild Fort Ord Threatens to Sue FORA
The Fort Ord Reuse Authority may be facing yet another lawsuit. A letter hand-delivered by attorney Alexander Henson to the FORA board yesterday sets the ...
Byrl Smith Resigns from County Board of Ed
Three months after a failed run for county supervisor, Byrl Smith is resigning from the County Board of Education. "As you know, I was recently ...
Fort Ord Issues Spur a Flurry of Public Meetings
Fort Ord's getting hotter by the day, and not just because it's burn season. Pushback from Fort Ord conservationists stopped the proposed Whispering Oaks project ...
MST Wins Grant for Wireless Electric Trolley
With a $1.7 million grant from the Federal Transit Administration, Monterey-Salinas Transit will purchase the first wireless public transit vehicle in California. The wirelessly charged ...
State Water Board Puts Parts of Controversial Ag Waiver on Hold
The flurry of appeals against the "ag waiver," a set of rules intended to improve water quality by cracking down on agricultural polluters, means some ...
Natividad Wins Health Care Workforce Grant
Natividad Medical Center's family practice program was one of five in the state to receive a nearly $210,000 grant from the Office of Statewide Health ...
Seaside City Council Pushes Vet Cemetery Forward
At a special meeting Monday night, the Seaside City Council unanimously agreed to ask the Fort Ord Reuse Authority to put a proposed veterans cemetery ...
Governor Signs Alejo's Tenants' Rights Bill
Tenants facing eviction will have increased access to legal counsel come Jan. 1, thanks to a bill authored by Assemblyman Luis Alejo, D-Watsonville, and signed ...
Desal Redux: Marina Coast to Consider Its Own Plant
UPDATE: The board voted 4-1 on Sept. 11 to proceed with issuing a request for qualifications for prospective project managers, the first step toward pursuing ...
U.S. Advisor on Syria Cancels Visit Monterey Bay
Sept. 13 UPDATE: The World Affairs Council reports Ambassador Hof has cancelled his planned visit to Monterey because of the military attack on the Libya ...
Seaside Sustainable Living Tour Showcases Green Homes
Summery weather helped draw 150-200 people, including Seaside Mayor Felix Bachofner, to seven environmentally conscious homes in yesterday's Seaside Sustainable Living Tour. One theme: edible ...
County Goes Solar
Monterey County expects to cut the annual power costs at its major Salinas industrial complex in half. A new solar system, which revs up Friday, ...
Local 'Green' Design Company Installs First Portable Classrooms
With the start of a new school year, the kids at Tierra Linda Middle School in Redwood City can expect more than just a new ...
County to Consider Joining Regional Water Authority
UPDATE: Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to join the Regional Water Authority. Supervisors spoke about the need to improve ratepayer representation. The newest ...
State Styrofoam Ban Fails; Alejo Ducks Vote
The foam stays, for now. After passing in the state Senate and surviving two Assembly committees, SB 568—a bill to ban expanded polystyrene (commonly called ...
Armed Robbery, Shooting at Seaside Restaurant on Friday
Multiple suspects have been arrested following an armed robbery in Seaside on morning of Friday, Aug. 31. At around 11:30am, two, masked suspects walked into ...
