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Artisans in Monterey County are combining their shops to save on rent and fuel creative energy.
Arts & Culture

Artisans in Monterey County are combining their shops to save on rent and fuel creative energy.

  • Sloan Campi
  • Jan 8, 2026

Rent is high in Monterey County for both residents and for businesses. Some artisans are dealing with that fact by combining their shops into …

A multi-agency agreement offers a hopeful moment for groundwater.
Local Spin | Opinion

A multi-agency agreement offers a hopeful moment for groundwater.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Dec 4, 2025

For all the years of hydrological studies and analysis of water supply, it sometimes feels like we are still in a world of magical thinking as…

Better access to behavioral health services is the focus of a new county collaboration.
News

Better access to behavioral health services is the focus of a new county collaboration.

  • Pam Marino
  • Nov 6, 2025

When voters passed Proposition 1 in March 2024, replacing the Mental Health Services Act with the Behavioral Health Services Act, it heralded …

Can a field trip to Sacramento help local leaders get more done?
Opinion

Can a field trip to Sacramento help local leaders get more done?

  • Sara Rubin
  • Apr 16, 2025

Sara Rubin here, thinking about how close Sacramento feels to Salinas when traveled by luxury bus. (I more typically travel to Sacramento by t…

The Dead Cassettes produce high-energy, stadium-ready shows and return with a twist.
Music

The Dead Cassettes produce high-energy, stadium-ready shows and return with a twist.

  • Tonia Eaton
  • Oct 17, 2024

“Head banging.” That’s how lead singer Jacob Gonzales-Butorac describes The Dead Cassettes. Ask him to expand on that and he refines the defin…

Sometimes it takes a village—or at least a few staff members—to bring 100 words to the page.
Newsletter

Sometimes it takes a village—or at least a few staff members—to bring 100 words to the page.

  • Dave Faries
  • Sep 7, 2024

Dave Faries here, applauding the effort that goes into little things.

A Chinese delegation visits Salinas seeking to build collaboration and modernize agriculture abroad.
News

A Chinese delegation visits Salinas seeking to build collaboration and modernize agriculture abroad.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Feb 1, 2024

On Thursday afternoon, Jan. 25, a group of Chinese nationals, including government officials and representatives from several companies are wa…

Collaboration and solutions are the focus of the region’s homelessness summit.
News

Collaboration and solutions are the focus of the region’s homelessness summit.

  • Pam Marino
  • Oct 12, 2023

If last year’s Lead Me Home Summit on Homelessness for Monterey and San Benito counties proved anything, it’s that people are eager to talk ab…

The Peninsula’s biggest employers contemplate collaboration for creating employee housing.
News

The Peninsula’s biggest employers contemplate collaboration for creating employee housing.

  • Pam Marino
  • Sep 28, 2023

A long-ago dream to build Monterey Peninsula High School on 50 acres off of Highway 68 never materialized – but now the land that was purchase…

The Pearl Works is Monterey’s newest coworking space — and aspiring community center.
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The Pearl Works is Monterey’s newest coworking space — and aspiring community center.

  • Tajha Chappellet-Lanier
  • Feb 10, 2022

Of the numerous aphorisms about building the kind of life one wants to live, and creating the kind of community one wants to be a part of (“Li…

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