Maybe you’ve heard this one before: California American Water, the utility serving some 100,000 customers on the Monterey Peninsula, is trying to build a desalination plant in Marina to transform brackish water into drinking water. In the decades that this concept has been taking shape, a va…

Erik Chalhoub here. I’ve written plenty of times in this space about mountain biking at Fort Ord National Monument—I find inspiration for so many story ideas while out on the trails. During breaks, I like to look out in the distance to see what landmarks I can recognize on the Monterey Penin…

Pam Marino here, planning on a nice walk today after a week of mostly sitting at my desk staring at a screen so I can reconnect with nature and destress. As you’ve probably heard many times before, nature and exercise are extremely beneficial, both physically and mentally.

Happy Juneteenth.

Aric Sleeper here, thinking about the upcoming 250th birthday of the United States of America and one of the most important protections guaranteed to its citizens: the Freedom of Speech, and of course, my personal favorite, the Freedom of the Press, enshrined in the First Amendment of the U.…

Royvi Hernandez here, reminiscing on my community college days as a STEM student after attending a lecture event at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey yesterday, June 16, where astronaut and Artemis II Pilot Captain Victor Glover once attended and graduated in 2009.