During simultaneous press conferences, one in Santa Cruz, the other in San Jose on Thursday, Jan. 29, U.S. representatives Jimmy Panetta, D-Ca…
WE’RE TAUGHT IN SCHOOL ABOUT CHECKS AND BALANCES BETWEEN THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT, but those lessons tend to leave out the role that…
There are a few common metaphors about the unwieldy nature of government. Andrew Sandoval is familiar with them, but unfazed. “People think of…
The Monterey County Weekly’s editorial staff spends a lot of time attending public meetings. There are city councils, planning commissions, zo…
During the 2022 primary campaign for the office of Monterey County sheriff, all four candidates said they supported the creation of some type …
Be honest: Did you resolve to exercise more this year, and have you already slacked off? OK, maybe that’s just us. But there’s lots of researc…
TWO SETS OF CIRCUMSTANCES, two communities divided. That’s what I am thinking about as a months-long saga concludes in Spreckels, and as a new…
In the aftermath of the murder of 19 kids and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, the reports about what, exactly, the cops…
Members of the Monterey County Board of Supervisors and the sheriff are all elected officers, accountable directly to county voters; however, …
Jayden Wilson is the kind of high school student who lives and breathes school spirit. A senior at Salinas High School, she is executive treas…