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Squidfry 12.23.21: ’Twas the Night Before Squid-Mas

  • Dec 23, 2021

’TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE SQUID-MAS… It wouldn’t be accurate to say the holidays are Squid’s favorite time of year – Squid prefers the long days …

California’s new statehouse and congressional districts shake up Monterey County's political landscape into the next decade.
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California’s new statehouse and congressional districts shake up Monterey County's political landscape into the next decade.

  • Christopher Neely
  • Dec 21, 2021

How Monterey County is represented in Sacramento and Washington in the 2020s will look much different than the 2010s after the state commissio…

California legislators extend eviction moratorium to June 30.
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California legislators extend eviction moratorium to June 30.

  • Pam Marino
  • Jan 28, 2021

Any tenant behind on the rent due to the pandemic who's been worried about getting evicted after Jan. 31 now has five more months to remain in…

California lawmakers set sights on bridging the digital divide.
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California lawmakers set sights on bridging the digital divide.

  • Tajha Chappellet-Lanier
  • Dec 13, 2020

A new bill introduced in the California Assembly on Monday, Dec. 7 is making a new attempt to close the state’s digital divide. Many details o…

Last-minute eviction bill protects some renters impacted by Covid-19 for several months.
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Last-minute eviction bill protects some renters impacted by Covid-19 for several months.

  • Pam Marino
  • Sep 1, 2020

The “eviction cliff” predicted to happen beginning Sept. 2 for millions of California renters who wouldn't be able to pay their rent due to Co…

Supervisors extend eviction moratorium to Sept. 30 as state legislators seek solution ahead of Sept. 1 deadline.
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Supervisors extend eviction moratorium to Sept. 30 as state legislators seek solution ahead of Sept. 1 deadline.

  • Pam Marino
  • Aug 19, 2020

The Monterey County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 on Tuesday, Aug. 18, to extend the county's eviction moratorium to Sept. 30, ahead of a loo…

Caballero bill that aimed to bring housing to empty big box shopping centers dies in committee.
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Caballero bill that aimed to bring housing to empty big box shopping centers dies in committee.

  • Pam Marino
  • Aug 13, 2020

In the eyes of California State Senator Anna Caballero (D-Salinas), the empty K-Mart sitting on North Davis Road in Salinas was the perfect sp…

County Supervisor Luis Alejo bows out of State Senate race.
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County Supervisor Luis Alejo bows out of State Senate race.

  • Pam Marino
  • Jan 22, 2018

It’s been hard to miss Monterey County Supervisor Luis Alejo the past year. He shows up seemingly everywhere at community events, wearing a si…

Local activists and policymakers rally to call out Donald Trump’s end to DACA.
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Local activists and policymakers rally to call out Donald Trump’s end to DACA.

  • Marielle Argueza
  • Sep 5, 2017

As temperatures drop to 80 degrees on Sept. 5 in Seaside, half a dozen activists at the Center for Change craft signs for two protests schedul…

Here’s what your lawmakers did in Sacramento last year.
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Here’s what your lawmakers did in Sacramento last year.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Jan 5, 2017

“Dumpster fire” had an outside chance of becoming Oxford Dictionary’s word of the year in 2016. It was the year beloved celebrities including …

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