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Navy Admits Detaining of Weekly Photographer Was Illegal
U.S. Department of Defense Police overstepped the bounds of their authority in detaining and threatening to arrest a Monterey County Weekly photographer who was taking ...
UPDATE: NPS Appoints New Provost
Months after the top two at the Naval Postgraduate School were dismissed, the school's hired a new provost. Rear Adm. Jan Tighe, interim president at ...
Non-Fumigant Working Group: We Still Need Fumigants (For Now)
A fumigant-free world is still a relatively remote possibility, according to a state working group appointed to look at the matter. After methyl iodide was ...
Obama's Plan to Lower Student Loan Interest Rates Meets Critics
President Barack Obama’s new plan to lower interest rates on student loans is flawed, critics say. Student advocates are wary of the president’s proposal to ...
MST Braces for Worst-Case Scenario Cuts
If there's one consistent message local decisions-makers are getting from Washington these days, it's inconsistency. Between the federal and budget and sequester and health care ...
Mother and Her Infant Child Severely Burned in Seaside Apartment Fire
A Seaside mother and her toddler daughter were flown to a Bay Area trauma center with severe body burns after a fire broke around 11:00am. ...
BREAKING: NPS Interim President to Depart as Navy Continues Search for New Leadership
The future leadership of the beleaguered Naval Postgraduate School is again up in the air. Rear Adm. Jan Tighe, who's been steering the teetering ship ...
Monterey Businessman Accused of Supplying Minors with Drugs and Alcohol
The owner of a Monterey knife-sharpening business has been arrested for allegedly providing five teenage employees with drugs and alcohol. Monterey Police detectives served search ...
Seaside Gun Buyback Nets 319 Guns
A group of Monterey Peninsula law enforcement agencies collected 319 guns in its first gun buyback event, according to a statement from the Seaside Police ...
Panetta Series Kicks Off Tonight With Call for Consensus on Immigration
Tom Ridge is probably best known for the color alert system that became entrenched in air travel after 9/11, but the first-ever Secretary of the ...
Federal Court Smacks Feds over Monterey County Oil Leases
A controversial lease of federally owned oils and reserves has been reversed by a federal judge. The decision slams the federal Bureau of Land Management ...
Two Dead in Pebble Beach Car Collision; Driver Arrested for DUI
Two people are dead following a traffic collision in Pebble Beach involving an alleged drunk driver yesterday evening. The driver, Stuart Elder of Pacific Grove, ...
Bureau of Land Management Oil and Gas Leases Slapped For Violations
According to U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal the Bureau of Land Management violated environmental law by auctioning off oil and gas rights on 2,500 acres ...
Fort Ord Reuse Authority Creates Veterans Committee
The former Fort Ord may be the only local issue with more affiliated acronyms than Monterey County's water problem. Today, the Fort Ord Reuse Authority ...
Board of Supes Proceeds with Emergency Communication Tower Plan
As the county Board of Supervisors prepares to consider a contract on Tuesday that would lead to further analysis of site selection in a federally ...
Conference Next Week Advocates for Mental Wellness
A conference in Monterey next week aims to promote mental health, and by doing so breaks down stigmas associated with the subject. Tuesday April 9 ...
Salinas Teachers Union Says Class Size Holding Up Contract
A few more students can make a big difference. Contract negotiations between the Salinas Valley Federation of Teachers and the Salinas Union High School District ...
Monterey City Council Proceeds Cautiously With Fort Ord Development
The city of Monterey has waited long enough for housing to materialize on Fort Ord. While the vision had been to allow neighboring cities to ...
Elkhorn Slough Grows By 750 Acres
The Elkhorn Slough Reserve, a wetland wonderland tucked behind the Dynegy power plant in Moss Landing, grew by 750 acres last September with a gift ...
10-Hour Standoff in Salinas Ends With No Suspect Found
A police standoff on Monday in Salinas ended after police entered a home after 10 hours and found the suspect was not there. Around 10am, ...
