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Winter is here, but fire season never ends. A look back at a devastating year for California.
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Winter is here, but fire season never ends. A look back at a devastating year for California.

  • Julie Cart
  • Dec 25, 2025

As climate change warms the planet, wildfires have become so unpredictable and extreme that new words were invented: firenado, gigafire, fire …

Rising costs and outside competition loom large in discussions at farming summit.
Opinion

Rising costs and outside competition loom large in discussions at farming summit.

  • Katie Rodriguez
  • Dec 5, 2025

Katie Rodriguez here, Rubik’s Cubing the agricultural puzzle that is: what it takes to balance spreadsheets and grow crops in increasingly unp…

Monterey One Water launches program to turn food waste into renewable energy.
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Monterey One Water launches program to turn food waste into renewable energy.

  • Katie Rodriguez
  • Dec 4, 2025

It’s a win-win-win for tackling food waste, creating renewable energy and saving money. 

The UN’s climate conference failed to produce a roadmap to stop global warming.
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The UN’s climate conference failed to produce a roadmap to stop global warming.

  • Bob Berwyn
  • Dec 4, 2025

After negotiators at COP30 retreated from meaningful climate action by failing to specifically mention the need to stop using fossil fuels in …

North County’s rural roadways face increasing pressure from climate change.
Opinion

North County’s rural roadways face increasing pressure from climate change.

  • Erik Chalhoub
  • Dec 2, 2025

Erik Chalhoub here, thinking back to the 2023 Pajaro flood. Although it was unlikely the flood waters would reach my home, my neighborhood was…

From Sacramento to Manhattan, a local California Assemblymember reports back from Climate Week.
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From Sacramento to Manhattan, a local California Assemblymember reports back from Climate Week.

  • Dawn Addis
  • Oct 2, 2025

While the federal government unwinds climate progress at warp speed, I reject the assertion that forward movement is dead. So, I traveled to C…

National Weather Service announces ‘minor tidal flooding’ for Monterey. What does that mean?
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National Weather Service announces ‘minor tidal flooding’ for Monterey. What does that mean?

  • Katie Rodriguez
  • Jul 23, 2025

Katie Rodriguez here, thinking back to when I paid a visit to Elkhorn Slough and saw the South Marsh Loop trail bridge fully submerged during …

Telling a short story about a long walk, 250 years in the making.
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Telling a short story about a long walk, 250 years in the making.

  • Dave Faries
  • May 17, 2025

Name an American institution that predates the Declaration of Independence. Dave Faries here, tipping you off that the answer is in a story in…

Calls to reform the California Coastal Commission are widespread. Who will deliver them?
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Calls to reform the California Coastal Commission are widespread. Who will deliver them?

  • Sara Rubin
  • May 16, 2025

Sara Rubin here, with power on my mind. More specifically I am thinking about the California Coastal Commission, the result of a voter-approve…

A delegation from Japan comes to Monterey to learn best practices in disaster preparedness.
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A delegation from Japan comes to Monterey to learn best practices in disaster preparedness.

  • David Schmalz
  • May 15, 2025

David Schmalz here. It was a pure matter of chance that yesterday, as I was readying to spend the afternoon at the Monterey Public Library doi…

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