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On Dec. 2, California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, D-Hollister, addressed his fellow Assembly members, informing them of a new rule he was i…
The November 2016 election showed how David can defeat Goliath. Measure Z, an initiative in Monterey County that banned fracking and the drill…
The Monterey County Weekly’s editorial staff spends a lot of time attending public meetings. There are city councils, planning commissions, zo…
FREE SPEECHThe idea that misinformation and conspiracy theories spread rapidly on social media is not new, but the challenge for policymakers …
This weekend, the Fourth of July, we celebrate the anniversary of a foundational American document, the Declaration of Independence. Eleven ye…
FREE SPEECHUntil recently, it was a common practice in newsrooms to listen to police scanners. That changed with encryption, including in Mont…
2020 was an unusual year in the California Legislature, too. The Covid-19 pandemic sent lawmakers home (and onto video conferencing software) …