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The signal of a new day can be heard across Monterey every morning, carrying on a tradition.
831 (Tales from the Area Code)

The signal of a new day can be heard across Monterey every morning, carrying on a tradition.

  • Agata Popęda
  • Apr 30, 2026

The Presidio of Monterey stirs slowly at this early hour. Cars trickle through the gates. The base – 140 acres of coastal California, home to …

Facing a $30 million budget reduction, DLI is offering more early retirement and resignations.
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Facing a $30 million budget reduction, DLI is offering more early retirement and resignations.

  • Pam Marino
  • Jun 19, 2025

The commander of the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, Col. Christy Whitfield, was diplomatic when someone at a World Affairs Council of…

Local federal workers remain in limbo after receiving offers of resignation with pay.
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Local federal workers remain in limbo after receiving offers of resignation with pay.

  • Agata Popęda
  • Mar 1, 2025

Agata Popęda here, strongly recommending a story by our staff writer Pam Marino that you can find in the Weekly’s news section this week. The …

DLI and NPS employees wait to hear if they can resign amid federal chaos.
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DLI and NPS employees wait to hear if they can resign amid federal chaos.

  • Pam Marino
  • Feb 27, 2025

Over 100 civilian federal employees at the Defense Language Institute and an unknown number at the Naval Postgraduate School, both located in …

Feds seek 27-month prison sentence for former DLI employee who stole government property.
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Feds seek 27-month prison sentence for former DLI employee who stole government property.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Feb 13, 2025

Early in the morning on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, federal agents served a warrant on the East Garrison home of Zelene Charles and her partner,…

Monterey military school continues to combat suicides among staff.
Opinion

Monterey military school continues to combat suicides among staff.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Sep 28, 2024

Celia Jiménez here, thinking about what some of us consider a silent killer: suicide. 

The Defense Language Institute saw three educators die by suicide in 2022.
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The Defense Language Institute saw three educators die by suicide in 2022.

  • Pam Marino
  • May 4, 2023

That there are military students at the Defense Language Institute at the Presidio of Monterey who think about or attempt suicide was publicly…

DLI eliminates classes in an Afghan language, leaving some instructors in the lurch.
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DLI eliminates classes in an Afghan language, leaving some instructors in the lurch.

  • Pam Marino
  • Feb 16, 2023

That the United States military has its sights clearly fixed on China as a threat was no more evident than in the recent shooting down of a Ch…

Covid-19 boosters and mandates: More people will be getting jabbed.
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Covid-19 boosters and mandates: More people will be getting jabbed.

  • Pam Marino
  • Aug 16, 2021

With the Covid-19 pandemic surging upward due to the delta variant spreading quickly throughout the country, more vaccination mandates are bei…

Low demand forces the Defense Language Institute to drop Hebrew from the curriculum.
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Low demand forces the Defense Language Institute to drop Hebrew from the curriculum.

  • Pam Marino
  • Apr 15, 2021

The U.S. military’s shift in resources squarely toward China and Russia continues to make its mark on Monterey’s military installations. Last …

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