Skip to main content
site-logo
Welcome, Guest
  • Sign Up
  • Log In
  • Dashboard
  • Logout
  • My Account
    • My Account
    • Dashboard
    • Profile
    • Saved items
    • Logout
News
  • Local News
  • Newsletter
Opinion
Eat+Drink
A&E
Calendar
  • Browse Events
  • Submit Your Event
  • TheGRID
Impact
  • Community Pages
  • Monterey County Gives!
Features
  • Cover Stories
  • Brezsny's Astrology
  • Local People, Places & Things
  • Sports
  • ETC. Photo Gallery
  • Cartoons
  • Best Of Readers' Poll
  • Best Of Monterey Bay® magazines
About
  • Advertise
  • Archives
  • Awards
  • Flipbook / e-edition
  • Tipline
  • FAQ
  • Pick Up A Paper
  • Contact Us
  • About Us
site-logo
  • Open user controls
    • Log In Using Your Account

      Log In
      Don't have an account? Sign Up Today
    • My Account
    • Dashboard
    • Profile
    • Saved items
    • Logout
  • News
    • Local News
    • Newsletter
  • Opinion
  • Eat+Drink
  • A&E
  • Calendar
    • Browse Events
    • Submit Your Event
    • TheGRID
  • Impact
    • Community Pages
    • Monterey County Gives!
  • Features
    • Cover Stories
    • Brezsny's Astrology
    • Local People, Places & Things
    • Sports
    • ETC. Photo Gallery
    • Cartoons
    • Best Of Readers' Poll
    • Best Of Monterey Bay® magazines
      • Visitors Guide
      • Living Well
      • Best Of Readers' Poll
      • Wedding Guide
      • Eat + Drink
      • Family Guide
      • Haven
  • About
    • Advertise
      • Media Kit
      • Legal Advertising
      • Real Estate
      • Recruitment
      • Obituaries
      • Statewide Notices
    • Archives
      • 2026
      • 2025
      • 2024
      • 2023
      • 2022
      • 2021
      • 2020
      • All Years
    • Awards
    • Flipbook / e-edition
    • Tipline
      • News Tips
      • Letters to the Editor
      • ETC. Photo
      • Add Calendar Event
      • Eat + Drink Tip
      • Whistleblower (encrypted, off-the-record tips)
      • Squid
    • FAQ
    • Pick Up A Paper
    • Contact Us
    • About Us

Featured

Announcing: Salinas Valley Now - A new free, daily, digital news source for Salinas and Salinas Valley.

Advanced Search Close Search
From
To
Close Search
Without funds from a failed bond measure, Marina looks to alternatives for facilities upgrades.
News

Without funds from a failed bond measure, Marina looks to alternatives for facilities upgrades.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Dec 12, 2024

Despite a majority of Marina voters supporting Measure U, a $50 million bond measure to upgrade outdated facilities, the approval fell short o…

Pajaro Valley school district’s bond measure is too close to call, while two other North County taxes are up and down.
News

Pajaro Valley school district’s bond measure is too close to call, while two other North County taxes are up and down.

  • Erik Chalhoub
  • Nov 7, 2024

It’s a mixed bag of results for the trio of property tax measures on the Nov. 5 ballot benefiting schools and parks in North County—while one …

City of Marina considers a $50 million bond measure to upgrade its facilities.
News

City of Marina considers a $50 million bond measure to upgrade its facilities.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Aug 6, 2024

For years the City of Marina has contemplated a bond measure to upgrade its aging facilities. This includes a new city hall, as well as police…

Watsonville hospital’s leaders are ‘cautiously optimistic’ as bond measure is within range of passing.
News

Watsonville hospital’s leaders are ‘cautiously optimistic’ as bond measure is within range of passing.

  • Erik Chalhoub
  • Mar 7, 2024

Inside downtown Watsonville’s newest spot to see and be seen, those concerned for the future of Pajaro Valley’s hospital gathered at Watsonvil…

Marina’s buildings are in bad shape. It will likely take a bond measure to change that.
News

Marina’s buildings are in bad shape. It will likely take a bond measure to change that.

  • David Schmalz
  • Sep 14, 2023

The City of Marina needs a new city hall. It also needs a new fire station and ladder truck. And a new police station. But given that the cost…

MPUSD revisits a potential bond measure to build staff and teacher housing.
News

MPUSD revisits a potential bond measure to build staff and teacher housing.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Jan 26, 2023

For the second time in three years, the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District is considering building staff housing, an effort aimed at r…

Elections in Marina will shake up the City Council, with two new members guaranteed.
News

Elections in Marina will shake up the City Council, with two new members guaranteed.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Sep 29, 2022

Elections this year will be different than last time voters went to the polls. For jurisdictions like the city of Marina that use districts, t…

MPC board votes unanimously to put $230 million bond measure on the Nov. 3 ballot.
News

MPC board votes unanimously to put $230 million bond measure on the Nov. 3 ballot.

  • Pam Marino
  • Jul 30, 2020

It's a big ask of voters, a $230 million bond measure in the midst of economic calamity caused the Covid-19 pandemic, but ask the Monterey Pen…

Info

  • Advertising Info
  • Contact Us
  • Cancel Subscription
  • e-Edition
  • Pick Up A Paper
  • About Us
  • Archives
  • FAQ
  • Comment Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • AI Policy
  • Copyright Infringement Policy and Takedown Procedure
  • Do Not Sell My Personal Information
  • Cookie Preferences

Affiliated

  • Salinas Valley Now
  • Monterey County Gives!
  • The Press Club

Contact Information

www.montereycountynow.com
668 Williams Ave
Seaside, CA 93955
Phone: 831-394-5656
Email: frontdesk@montereycountynow.com
    Monterey County NOW
    • Facebook
    • Bluesky
    • YouTube
    • Instagram
    • RSS
    • e-Edition

    Browser Compatibility

    Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.
    We recommend switching to one of the following browsers:

    Microsoft Edge Google Chrome Firefox

    The mission of Monterey County NOW is to inspire independent thinking and conscious action, etc.

    Serving Big Sur, Carmel-by-the-Sea, Carmel Valley, Castroville, Del Rey Oaks, Marina, Monterey, Moss Landing, Pacific Grove, Pebble Beach, Prunedale, Salinas, Salinas Valley, Sand City, Seaside and the entire Monterey County. © Copyright , Monterey County NOW, Seaside, CA - Milestone Communications Inc. All rights reserved. Formerly the Monterey County Weekly / Coast Weekly newspaper.