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Judge Rules P.G.'s Pension Cap Illegal
A judge has sided with two Pacific Grove police unions, striking down a 2010 P.G. measure capping the city's contribution to employee pensions at 10 ...
Recall Season: Online Petitions Support Salinas Mayor Joe Gunter Against Recall Attempt
Election season came and went. Now it’s recall season. An online petition has surfaced asking for the recall of Councilman Jose Castaneda, who has a ...
Officials to Consider Moving Forward with Toll Proposal for Highway 156
Peninsula residents returning from weekend excursions to San Francisco may already feel lucky to return home to what many urban dwellers consider a vacation spot, ...
Castroville Man Pleads No Contest to Baby Murder
A Castroville man has pleaded no contest to killing a 10-month old baby. Jesus Vargas Espinoza, 47, will be sentenced to 25 years to life ...
Bank Robbery in Del Rey Oaks
The Wells Fargo bank inside the Del Rey Oaks Safeway grocery store was robbed this afternoon, police say. Just after 3:30pm, a man handed a ...
County Supes Poised to Send Inmates to Alameda County
Uncrowding state prisons meant overcrowding some county jails, including Monterey County's. Now Monterey County is planning to ship some inmates north, based on a sliding ...
P.G. Council Bounces Pension Ballot Initiative to Court
The Pacific Grove City Council last night decided to toss a proposed ballot measure challenging public-safety employee pensions to a judge rather than placing on ...
Hearing Set on State Plan to Revoke Salinas River Water Rights
The clock is ticking on water rights to the Salinas River that the Monterey County Water Resources Agency has held on to for 55 years. ...
State Takes Back 27 Percent of Monterey's Redevelopment Funds
Considering the state animal is a bear, it seems especially appropriate that the State Controller has been combing through billions of Redevelopment Agency assets that ...
Salinas Man Arrested in Child Porn Case After Nationwide Manhunt, Young Victim Rescued
A Salinas man accused of producing child pornography was arrested Wednesday following a nationwide manhunt, and an 11-year-old girl has been rescued, according to Salinas ...
DOD Furloughs Hit Monterey in July, Plus Everything You Need to Know About Sequestration
The Department of Defense announced Tuesday that it plans to furlough most of its civilian employees for up to 11 days, from July to September ...
Ousted NPS Provost Assigned to Navy Station in London
Leonard Ferrari, the former provost of the Naval Postgraduate School had been planning on a two-year research assignment in London, but decided to wait around ...
P.G. Merchants to City: Yes Plastic Bag Ban, No Paper Bag Fee
The cities of Carmel-by-the-Sea and Monterey have both banned single-use plastic bags at retail and grocery stores, and the city of Pacific Grove is poised ...
Salinas Realtor Sentenced to Federal Prison for Tax Evasion
Even when times were good in the real estate business, getting caught for lying to the IRS was bad for business. Monterey Realtor Cheryl Savage ...
With Final Approval, San Clemente Dam To Come Down
Last Wednesday, the Monterey County Planning Commission unanimously approved the last permit California American Water needed to begin the $83 million, three-year process of removing ...
Mi Pueblo Grocery Stores Extend Scholarships to DREAMers
A Northern California grocery chain announced it will be giving college scholarships to students who aren’t in the country legally. Mi Pueblo Foods, which operates ...
Alejo's Voting Rights Act Resolution Advances to State Senate
Assemblyman Luis Alejo wants his opinion ringing in the ears of the U.S. Supreme Court justices as they mull over rules concerning racially charged elections ...
BREAKING NEWS: Suspect in Monterey Taxi Stabbing Dead
The Big Sur man accused of killing a taxi driver in Monterey May 1 has died in a hospital, according to the Monterey County District ...
East Garrison Housing Development in Former Fort Ord Breaks Ground, Anticipates Home Pre-Sales
A long-proposed housing community in the former Fort Ord finally broke ground this morning, and new home sales are set to begin as soon as ...
Monterey Woman Accused of Animal Cruelty After Police Find 48 Neglected Animals
A Monterey woman has been arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty after police found more than 48 animals living in squalor in her home. Ilagene ...
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