Monning's Bill Passes, Protecting Elderly from Relocation
When family members of elderly residents at Chanticleer Home in Santa Cruz found out the state was planning to shut down the 48-bed assisted living facility in April 2010, they had two harrowing weeks to find options for their family members to go. Supporters persuaded the Department of Social Services ...
Mediating the Collins Fallout, With Limited Seats at the Table
In the midst of the conflict of interest allegations that have put the entire Regional Desalination Project at risk that have elected officials and attorneys scrambling to salvage the project, Max Gomberg is breathing a sigh of relief. A policy analyst at the state Public Utility Commission's Division of Ratepayer ...
Montery City Councilman Haferman Pleads Guilty to Misdemeanor Battery
Monterey City Councilman Jeff Haferman pleaded guilty Wednesday to a charge of misdemeanor battery and faces a three-year informal probation sentence.
Joint Effort: Multi-Agency Pot Busts Yield Over 1,000 Plants, $23K in Cash
Five people were arrested and over 1,000 marijuana plants seized this week in a multi-agency investigation of illegal marijuana grow operations.
Rubber Dam Repair Costs Rise to $1.2 Million
Concrete was drying in the drained portion of the Salinas River just downstream of the rubber dam, where workers had poured concrete from bank to bank, paving over a gritty river bottom into something resembling a parking lot, while the Monterey County Water Resources Agency board met Monday to consider ...
Monterey Holds Town Hall Meetings On Proposed Plastic Bag Ban
The city of Monterey is poised to become the first in the county to ban single-use plastic bags and place a fee on disposable paper bags. With an initial study and a draft ordinance now public, the city is inviting public feedback at two town hall meetings: 6-8pm on Thursday, ...
Marina Mob Makes Photo Pitch For In-N-Out
Over 250 red- and yellow-clad Marina residents congregated on the field beside The Dunes shopping center Saturday to make a case for an In-N-Out Burger in their town.
Axe-(Handle-)Wielding Parent Assaults Football Coach at Monterey High
Today's news of the weird: Officers from the Monterey Police Department arrested a parent who assaulted a Monterey High School football coach with an axe handle on school grounds yesterday afternoon.
District Attorney Settles HazMat Case with Gonzales Farm
The environmental protection unit of the county District Attorney's office has reached a $100,000 settlement with a Gonlazes farm, more than a year after workers demolished a structure on their property and burned the wood, metal and other demolition refuse in a large pit, in violation of health and safety ...
County Desal Investigation Finds Collins Conflict, Lifts Blame from Supes
The final "Remcho report," released Sept. 21, slams former MCWRA board member Steve Collins while leaving other county officials squeaky clean.
Greenfield Police Chief Placed On Administrative Leave
Greenfield Police Chief Joe Grebmeier has been placed on administrative leave as his department conducts an internal investigation.
Sustainable Brands Conference Moves to San Diego
After three years in Monterey, the Sustainable Brands conference is migrating south, to San Diego.
All-Star Education Forum Tonight Featuring DLI, MIIS, Hartnell Heads
The heads of the Defense Language Institute, Hartnell College and the Monterey Institute of International Studies come together tonight for a panel discussion about the future of higher education, "The New Ecology of Learning: Implications for California and American Higher Education" will feature DLI Commandant Col. Danial Pick (pictured above), ...
Desal Drama Gets Litigious: Collins Files a Claim Against Monterey County
Enough of the accusations and reports that point fingers at agencies and officials for the alleged conflict of interest ordeal that imperils the Regional Water Project—on to legal complaints. Stephen Collins, former Monterey County Water Resources Agency board member who resigned in April amidst revelations that he’d been a paid ...
Central Coast Colleges Score $4.9 Million From U.S. Department of Education
The U.S. Department of Education awards $4.9 million to four Central Coast community colleges to improve educational access for underserved Latino youth.
With Ag Waiver Delays, Shift of Regulatory Resources Toward Enforcement
With runoff rules for central coast growers, known as the ag waiver, more than two years expired and thrice extended, the regulators responsible for enforcing the ag waiver are making a decisive move toward doing just that: enforcing. The Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board today issued about 800 ...
South County Oil and Gas Rights: Going, Going, Gone
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management auctioned the rights to oil and gas in Monterey and Fresno counties yesterday for more than $250,000, even after environmental groups protested the sale and tried to stop BLM from proceeding. The controversial 2,343-acre parcel in Monterey County, scaled back from an original 3,500 ...
KION's Ridiculous Question Gets a Video Answer
The Weekly had a special visitor at Seaside headquarters today, local television news station KION. In response to a viewer submitted question of whether or not the Weekly's Student Guide was "appropriate" for college students, a reporter swung by to speak with Erik Cushman, our esteemed publisher. Cushman gave lucid ...
Carmel Hires New City Administrator
More than six months after a divided Carmel City Council agreed to oust embattled City Administrator Rich Guillen, the council voted unanimously tonight to hire a new city administrator. Jason Stilwell, currently serving as assistant county executive officer/budget director of Santa Barbara County, will assume the role Sept. 28. There ...
Marina In-N-Out Flash Mob Set for Sept. 24
Marina Mayor Bruce Delgado encourages Peninsula In-N-Out fans to join the flash mob Sept. 24 at The Dunes for a group photo, part of a campaign to bring the fast food franchise to Marina.
In an Age of Austerity, Ag Makes Modest Farm Bill Proposals
At a listening session hosted by the California Department of Food and Agriculture in Salinas Sept. 8, ag industry reps presented a generally modest wishlist of the programs they hope will continue to receive federal funding, even as the federal government threatens to slash dollars everywhere. CDFA made several stops ...
Board of Supes Asked to Take a Position Against Methyl Iodide
Summer is fumigation season in California, and this is the first year growers have had the option to apply methyl iodide, marketed as Midas, to their fruit and vegetable fields. Opposition to the fumigant has come from public health and farmworker rights activists, as well as the scientific community which ...
Monterey County Warns Against Eating Raw Oysters
Monterey County health officials are warning consumers to avoid eating oysters due to a rash of recent illnesses.
Sustainable Living Tour Showcases Seaside Creativity
Sunday's Sustainable Living Tour, sponsored by Sustainable Seaside, showcases three community gardens and five homes "by and for ordinary people."
Panetta Institute to Drop Masters in Public Policy Degree, Shift Focus to Public Administration
The Panetta Institute for Public Policy will drop its signature Masters in Public Policy degree, retooling the program to serve students' greater demand for a degree in Public Administration.
Desal Casualty Tally: Weeks Stepping Down from Water Resources Agency
Sooner or later, someone was bound to fall as finger-pointing persisted on conflict-of-interest allegations regarding former Monterey County Water Resources Agency board member Steve Collins. Now, General Manager Curtis Weeks is losing his job over the issue. The County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, Sept. 13 is expected to agree ...
Legislature Passes Shark Fin Ban
On Sept. 6 the California Senate passed AB 376, banning the import, possession and sale of shark fins. The bill now heads to the governor's desk.
From Seaside, Medication Delivery to Nigeria
Just off the plane from his most recent trip to Nigeria, Richard Anyanwu is already planning for his return. In what's now become a twice yearly delivery and diagnosis visit to his hometown Umueze, Anyanwu, a nurse at CHOMP, meets up with about a dozen nurses and four doctors to ...
Director of the United Nations Association of the U.S. to appear at MIIS
The Monterey Bay Chapter of the United Nations Association of the USA are inviting the public to attend a talk by newly appointed Executive Director of the UNA-USA Patrick Madden.
State's New Approach to Dealing with Water Board Vacancies: Don't Fill Them
The newest chapter in the ag waiver saga may be a major restructuring of the Regional Water Quality Control Boards, responsible for mandating and enforcing water quality rules. The Central Coast board has been laboring over rules for agricultural runoff for more than two years now, the most recent ag ...
Monterey County Health Department Receives Federal Youth Violence Prevention Grant
The Monterey County Health Department receives a federal grant to ramp up its youth violence prevention strategies, with Salinas as a primary focus.
Seaside Burglaries On the Rise, Police Say
A rash of burglaries is striking upper Seaside this summer, police say.
PHOTOS: The Rubber Dam Debacle
A photo-rich report on the eroded Salinas River Diversion Facility currently undergoing repair.
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