There’s more to Election Day than candidates. There are human beings behind all those glossy mailers and stump speeches. The Weekly has made a…
After the dust settles around winners and losers, the real work begins.
Only the square root of 9 candidates got a seat at CUSD.
Ballot counting takes patience, and not just at the presidential level.
The latest results reported by the Monterey County Elections Department include 2,572 ballots cast in person at polling places on Election Day.
Early results show few surprises in K-12 school board elections in Monterey County, where many incumbents retained their seats.
Though most of nation is glued to their screens vigilantly watching the outcome of the 2020 presidential race, there is a lot at stake beyond …
At Salinas Union High School District, incumbents had a great night on Election Day.
When the first Pacific Grove results were posted on election night, two candidates with name recognition were leading in the race for three se…
As I write this, it is three days until the 2020 election. And most Americans have heard nothing about a story that would dominate the news cy…
The timing was ironic and the fall was spectacular.
Incumbent Ian Oglesby appears to have won the three-way race for mayor in Seaside after securing a commanding lead in the early results releas…
BRACE FOR IMPACT… When Squid looked at the calendar on Tuesday morning, Squid was slightly surprised to see it was already Nov. 3 – it feels t…
While all eyes are on the two-way U.S. presidential race, in Salinas five candidates are vying to become the next mayor, seeking an open seat …
In any competition, there is a winner and a loser. Sometimes the results lead to very emotional competitors and supporters on both sides. To s…
It was only last year that the threat of a lawsuit pushed the city of Marina to switch from at-large elections to district elections. Ironical…
For Salinas real estate agent Greg Hamer, the choice was easy. He voted for Salinas City Councilmember Steve McShane in the District 4 Montere…
The public takeover of the water system serving the Monterey Peninsula appears far more certain following Tuesday’s election, which also deliv…
Clarity is only a little easier to come by the day after the election than it was the day before.
U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta started Election Day with a Fiber One bar (cinnamon flavored), a cup of coffee and his daily meeting with his staff, h…
This election was different for Del Rey Oaks Mayor Alison Kerr in a lot of ways than when she first ran for office in 2018. It wasn't just bec…
The election results arriving at Monterey County’s smallest city show a majority voting to maintain the status quo as of Wednesday, Nov. 4.
Loren Steck has been holding onto his Area 5 seat representing Carmel, Carmel Valley and Big Sur on the Monterey Peninsula College Board of Tr…
Incumbent Ian Oglesby appears to have won the three-way race for mayor in Seaside after securing a commanding lead in the results released Tue…
It was only last year that the threat of a lawsuit pushed the city of Marina to switch from at-large elections to district elections. Ironical…
The public takeover of the water system serving the Monterey Peninsula appears far more certain following Tuesday’s election, which also deliv…
For Salinas real estate agent Greg Hamer, the choice was easy. He voted for Salinas City Councilmember Steve McShane for the District 4 seat o…
When the first Pacific Grove election results were posted on election night, two candidates with name recognition were leading in the race for…
Carmel Mayor Dave Potter got his wish on his birthday, Nov. 3. He came in first place over challenger Judy Refuerzo, with an enormous lead of …
Monterey voters delivered a resounding yes to their status quo leadership, based on early election results on Tuesday night, Nov. 3.
While all eyes are on the two-way U.S presidential race, in Salinas five candidates are vying to become the next mayor, seeking an open seat t…
Good afternoon, and Happy Election Day.
The timing couldn't be more ironic and the fall couldn't be any farther.
Possibly the most important presidential election of our lifetimes is today, with polls opening at 7am and closing at 8pm. As of Monday night,…
Someone has to pay for all of those lawn signs, glossy mailers and newspaper ads, and in the final days of the race for District 4 Monterey Co…
AMORAL MAJORITY… Squid took a longing look at the calendar. Nine days and counting, Squid thought, until the election, when life has a slight …
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EARLY THIS YEAR, IN THE BEFORE TIMES, I was walking (maskless) through a crowded farmers market at Monterey Peninsula College when a woman han…
With less than a week to go until Election Day, I am wracking my brains to remember if I have ever heard a closing argument as incoherent as P…
Voting has never been easier, at least in California—due to the pandemic, all registered voters received vote-by-mail ballots, and the list of…
When time loses all meaning, it’s up to us to mark beginnings and middles and ends.
A meeting between Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and GOP state leaders has yet to be scheduled, despite both parties agreeing earlier this month that such a conversation was needed to address rising COVID-19 cases across Wisconsin.
Harassment of a woman candidate for school board in Carmel takes a violent and sexist turn.
On brand for 2020, the state GOP thumbs its nose at election rules.
As crisis has gripped the country and the region, with governments large and small scrambling to get ahead of it, the city of Gonzales has bee…
List three things that you especially like about living in Salinas, then list the top three issues facing the city. And then list the skills, …
On Monday, Oct. 13, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra issued a cease-and-desist order to the California Republican Party because over…
Water politics remain a murky proposition on the Monterey Peninsula.
Political portraits in the time of Covid take on a new dimension.
How to party like it’s your birthday—while sheltering in place.
Vote like democracy depends on it—because it does.
STRANGE BEDFELLOWS… Squid has an always-live phone connection into the Weekly’s newsroom, where Squid enjoys listening to the anguished cries …
During the first of three scheduled presidential debates, Donald Trump was a fire-hose of bullying and pouting, rarely giving Joe Biden a minu…
Here’s some good news: Voter registration in California is at a high since 1956, with more than 21 million people registered to vote, more tha…
The concept of the census is simple: Count United States residents every 10 years. Based on those numbers, electoral districts are drawn and h…
Part of the satisfaction of voting – aside from knowing you’re using your voice and taking responsibility in a democracy – is getting that lit…
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Here’s some good news: Voter registration in California is at a high since 1956, with more than 21 million people registered to vote, more tha…
Affordable housing, increasing revenue, safe schools, job creation – these are just a few common issues that thread many candidates together. …
Welcome to 2020, in which “doomscrolling” should be done in doses.
The Monterey Peninsula College District Board of Trustees has selected five finalists after a nationwide search to fill the position of superi…
Good afternoon, this is Sara Rubin.
Voting is underway in California, beginning, Oct. 5. Mail-in ballots were sent out early this year by the Monterey County Elections office and…
Well, that escalated quickly.
COPS-N-ROBBERS… Squid did a brief stint as a reserve police officer assigned to the CephaloSquad of the U.S. Calamarshall’s Service. Squid was…
In 2016, while running for president, Donald Trump paid $750 in federal income tax. The following year, his first as president, his income tax…
Until about six months ago, Assemblymember Mark Stone, D-Scotts Valley, stood at the progressive edge of the student debt crisis issue. He was…
In a year that’s seen intense and massive protests all over the country, the vehicle caravan that happened in Seaside on Sunday, Sept. 27 at f…
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Aside from feeling like a lifetime ago, this past January seems downright sleepy in hindsight. The biggest stories of the month were merely a …
It’s a time of uncertainty for Monterey County’s two community colleges. Both are in search of permanent superintendents and are in the midst …
Pacific Grove was on its way to bringing one cannabis dispensary to town after a City Council majority voted 4-3 twice – on Sept. 2 and Sept. …
Ahead of the November election, the elected leaders of Marina and the candidates running for city council have reason to celebrate. Presenting…
BUILD TO SUIT… Squid was undulating through Oldtown Salinas and came upon the Bruhn Building (vacant and unloved since an electrical fire gutt…
A local success story is a salve in these strange times.
A lifelong voter recalls casting her first ballot for JFK—and in every election since.
Mitch McConnell’s double standard makes a mockery of our government.
It took three and a half hours, nine proposed amendments, multiple motions, straw votes and quibbles over process for the Pacific Grove City C…
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BEFORE MONTEREY COUNTY HAD A SHELTER-IN-PLACE ORDER, IT HAD AN EVICTIONS BAN. The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously in favor of a morator…
After a bit of last-minute legislative maneuvering, the list of propositions that California voters will be asked to weigh in on has been finalized.
TOO TARDY… The Monterey County Elections website is a fascinating place this time of year, and Squid loves spending a Monday clicking through …
History shows the P.G. Unified School District is wrong on cannabis dispensaries.
Monterey Mayor Clyde Roberson likes to think of the Monterey City Council as a team, and says keeping the team together is important while fac…
Jon Wizard’s name will appear only once on the November ballot in Seaside.
Nearly 18 months after it was first introduced, a bill passed last month by the California Legislature could enable counties to better monitor…
A collection of vocal and passionate anti-cannabis residents attempted to relitigate legalizing recreational cannabis at the Pacific Grove Cit…
As if a pandemic wasn’t the least of the Monterey County Elections Department’s challenges, about three months before Election Day on Nov. 3, …
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