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Tap water in San Lucas is again unsafe to drink.
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Tap water in San Lucas is again unsafe to drink.

  • Nick Rahaim
  • Jan 26, 2017

When Sheri Braden grabs a few potatoes from her pantry to cook for dinner, she rinses them off under the faucet. Then she uses water from a 5-…

Faced with declining production, Sand City looks to revamp its desalination plant.
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Faced with declining production, Sand City looks to revamp its desalination plant.

  • David Schmalz
  • Jan 26, 2017

As the race heats up among the contending desalination proposals that would serve the Monterey Peninsula, the region’s sole operational desal …

Weekly endorsements of local candidates.
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Weekly endorsements of local candidates.

  • Oct 13, 2016

The election-season ritual at the Weekly goes something like this: We invite dozens of candidates to our office in Seaside to tell our editori…

What Measure Z means for the future of the county’s oil industry.
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What Measure Z means for the future of the county’s oil industry.

  • David Schmalz
  • Sep 29, 2016

It’s June 1, just after 10am, in the tiny town of Spreckels, when then-presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders strides down Fifth Street.

Officials try to figure out how to prevent Salinas River flooding before El Niño hits.
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Officials try to figure out how to prevent Salinas River flooding before El Niño hits.

  • Ana Ceballos
  • Oct 1, 2015

Two heavy storms in 1995 fueled by El Niño led the Salinas River to overflow, causing extensive flooding and thousands of residents to be disp…

SQUID FRY 03.12.15: Liquid Peace…
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SQUID FRY 03.12.15: Liquid Peace…

  • Squid
  • Mar 12, 2015

LIQUID PEACE… Squid doesn’t invite many guests over to the lair. Squid feels embarrassed by the sink full of dishes, newspapers marked up with…

Without judge's opinion, water regulators cancel private meeting with county water officials.
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Without judge's opinion, water regulators cancel private meeting with county water officials.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Mar 6, 2015

Who knew legal wrangling over what a judge meant or didn't mean could create such a he-said he-said drama. 

Local Spin | Opinion

A fast list of what you should be watching/attending in the coming weeks.

  • Mary Duan
  • Mar 5, 2015

If I were more glib, this might be called “news you can use.” But let’s just call it five things you should know about and pay attention to if you live in Monterey County.

Squid gets uninvited to another secret public meeting, and takes a golf ball to the kisser.
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Squid gets uninvited to another secret public meeting, and takes a golf ball to the kisser.

  • Squid
  • Feb 19, 2015

SUPER SOAKED… Coming off a weekend of nonstop entertainment, complete with golf, sunshine and Fifty Shades of Grey, Squid was looking for some…

Down the Drain: State regulators tell judge to treat county water agency as a polluter.
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Down the Drain: State regulators tell judge to treat county water agency as a polluter.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Jan 19, 2015

While this court case has dragged on, four winter rainy seasons have flushed runoff down streambeds and riverbeds all over the Central Coast. 

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