Tens of thousands of California American Water Company customers in the Monterey area could face a rate hike of 16.1 percent beginning Jan. 1, 2027.
Say you want to install a new water meter on the Monterey Peninsula – no can do. Since 1995, the region’s water utility, California American W…
Since 2010, California American Water, the investor-owned utility that provides water to the Monterey Peninsula, has pursued building a desali…
Water woes on the Monterey Peninsula go back for decades. In 1995, the State Water Resources Control Board issued Order 95-10, declaring that …
Outside of rare situations involving historic water rights, the State Water Board has prohibited California American Water from setting new wa…
July 1770. Just five weeks after establishing a mission in Monterey, Father Junipero Serra sends out a missive on the departing San Antonio, a…
In the immediate aftermath of a sewage spill at Carmel Valley Ranch on Aug. 6 and then another on Aug. 16, California American Water officials…
Mark Twain reportedly said, “Whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting.” That latter part is all too true in Monterey County, where it ap…
During the deluge that battered the Central Coast in 2019, a crucial access point into the Big Sur backcountry was lost: A trail around the we…
The amenities at Carmel Valley Ranch are lovely – from the oak-lined golf course, to the infinity hot tub, to the rooms with outdoor patio bat…