The booming, cacophonous choir of barking, burping, and baritone squealing shocks the ears from hundreds of feet away, as the wind carries an …
Christopher Neely
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Christopher Neely covers a mixed beat that includes the environment, water politics, and Monterey County's Board of Supervisors. He began at the Weekly in 2021 after five years on the City Hall beat in Austin, TX.
Cannabis grown outdoors in Big Sur draws a reputation similar to that of produce grown in the Salinas Valley. The geographic marker is underst…
County officials saw the $12 billion state budget surplus as a “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity to secure financing for long-deferred and incr…
After initially turning away California American Water’s application for its controversial desalination plant as incomplete, the state commiss…
The Salad Bowl of the World will remain stuck in the oven until at least next Wednesday as an extreme heatwave has placed the Salinas Valley u…
Dozens of military personnel at Fort Hunter Liggett, a 165,000-acre Army Reserve installation in southern Monterey County, have been evacuated…
Christopher Neely here, inspired by a report in this week’s edition from my esteemed colleague, Agata Popęda, about a local couple actually do…
Joby Aviation, the Santa Cruz-based company that is emerging as a leader in aviation tech and has a manufacturing facility in Marina, has been…
After Marina police stopped resident Daniel John Wetle for reckless driving and found him in possession of a ghost gun – an illegal gun assemb…