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Cal Am proposes double-digits rate increase to begin in 2027, citing infrastructure needs.
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Cal Am proposes double-digits rate increase to begin in 2027, citing infrastructure needs.

  • Katie Rodriguez
  • Jan 29, 2026

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.

Politics, law and reality collide in pursuit of relief on Peninsula water woes.
Local Spin | Opinion

Politics, law and reality collide in pursuit of relief on Peninsula water woes.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Nov 27, 2025

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…

Cal Am’s desal project has bureaucratic momentum, even with open questions.
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Cal Am’s desal project has bureaucratic momentum, even with open questions.

  • David Schmalz
  • Apr 17, 2025

Since 2010, California American Water, the investor-owned utility that provides water to the Monterey Peninsula, has pursued building a desali…

Seeking clarity on how to lift a cease-and-desist order on Peninsula water, a private meeting brings the state water board to Monterey.
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Seeking clarity on how to lift a cease-and-desist order on Peninsula water, a private meeting brings the state water board to Monterey.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Aug 1, 2024

Water woes on the Monterey Peninsula go back for decades. In 1995, the State Water Resources Control Board issued Order 95-10, declaring that …

How much water does the Peninsula need to remove the shackles of water poverty?
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How much water does the Peninsula need to remove the shackles of water poverty?

  • David Schmalz
  • Jan 25, 2024

Outside of rare situations involving historic water rights, the State Water Board has prohibited California American Water from setting new wa…

Nearly 30 years after Cal Am was ordered to cut back on its pumping of the Carmel River, solutions brought by public agencies might finally end the Peninsula’s water poverty.
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Nearly 30 years after Cal Am was ordered to cut back on its pumping of the Carmel River, solutions brought by public agencies might finally end the Peninsula’s water poverty.

  • David Schmalz
  • Dec 7, 2023

July 1770. Just five weeks after establishing a mission in Monterey, Father Junipero Serra sends out a missive on the departing San Antonio, a…

As Water Board investigates two Carmel Valley sewage spills, Cal Am explains what went wrong.
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As Water Board investigates two Carmel Valley sewage spills, Cal Am explains what went wrong.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Nov 23, 2023

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…

Five years after Measure J, a decision on whether to take over Cal Am.
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Five years after Measure J, a decision on whether to take over Cal Am.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Oct 5, 2023

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…

Four years after washout, a trail into the Ventana Wilderness has a reroute — but no easement.
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Four years after washout, a trail into the Ventana Wilderness has a reroute — but no easement.

  • David Schmalz
  • Sep 21, 2023

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…

Two sewage spills at Carmel Valley Ranch prompt health advisories.
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Two sewage spills at Carmel Valley Ranch prompt health advisories.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Aug 24, 2023

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…

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