Sheriff Scott Miller finds fundraising distasteful, something he may come to regret. “You have to be willing to take money from people you mig…
Servers were pouring quality local wines—Estancia Chardonnay and Scheid Grenache Blanc—at Haute Enchilada in Moss Landing for John Phillips’ v…
Election night bashes around Monterey County ranged from a gang council party at the Fairgrounds (Monterey City Council), to a meet at the Moo…
Federal and State Elections
What do retired Judge John Phillips, Sheriff’s Deputy Steve Bernal and Monterey Regional Airport board members Carl Miller and Matthew Nelson …
Check your mailbox: Your vote-by-mail ballot will be arriving any day, among the glossy mailers from candidates asking you to vote. (See the W…
We met with nearly 70 candidates during these past few months so you didn’t have to. Yes, you can send your thank-yous (or screw-yous), but th…
The theme song from The Godfather is Vincent Ferrante’s voicemail greeting. “It’s my trademark, actually,” he says with a laugh.
Pacific Grove officials are in a sensitive spot when it comes to tree maintenance in the Monarch Grove Sanctuary. Cut too little and they risk…
The cops lining the back wall of the Seaside council chambers Aug. 7, as residents voiced fear and anger about the gang violence that took two…
ERNEST GOES TO COUNCIL… Seaside Councilman Dave Pacheco is one of the sincerest local politicians Squid’s met. Case in point: his 2012 campaig…
Another spicy season in local politics is taking shape in Monterey County.
Except for that 2010 upset—when challenger Felix Bachofner edged him out by 21 votes—Ralph Rubio has kept a pretty firm lock on his role as Se…
A proposed Pacific Grove initiative to roll back police pensions will not see the light of a ballot, according to today's court ruling.
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