On Dec. 13, the County Board of Supervisors heard an appeal about the county Planning Commission’s denial of a proposed farmworker housing pro…
It’s a rare thing when groups that normally don’t agree on much of anything come together to agree on one thing. And that’s mostly the situati…
The Alisal Union School District and Salinas Union High School District have sued the city of Salinas, asking a judge to prevent construction …
In late 2009, the city of Monterey tried to get a jump on California’s Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 by changing streetlights throughou…
Louise Ramirez got the call Nov. 29, and immediately sprang into action. Ramirez, the chairwoman of the Ohlone Costanoan Esselen Nation, was t…
Let the barking begin. Or rather, resume.
California American Water's current desalination project is having a very serious moment of deja vu.
In a case that could have ramifications for development across the region, Monterey County Superior Court Judge Lydia Villarreal ruled June 18…
In December, the Weekly broke news on a truly cringeworthy moment in the ongoing effort to produce an environmental impact report on the Monterey Downs project. That moment: In response to a Public Records Act request, the city of Seaside accidentally released a confidential attorney memo that discussed the fact there isn’t enough water for the full build out of Downs, the homes-and-horse-track project proposed for development on part of the former Fort Ord. As a result of that accidental release, and the subsequent reporting by this newspaper and other media, the city decided to hold off on releasing the draft EIR that same week.
Maybe it's Christmas season that inspired Seaside City Manager John Dunn to package it rather prettily. But the contents were still a lump of …