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Highway 1 closure has cost Big Sur region $438 million, a new study finds.
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Highway 1 closure has cost Big Sur region $438 million, a new study finds.

  • Katie Rodriguez
  • Oct 2, 2025

A few days after Caltrans announced its highly anticipated reopening timeline for Highway 1 in Big Sur, which has been closed for nearly 1,000…

Among the impacts to Monterey County during Car Week, hospitality workers are right in the middle of it.
Opinion

Among the impacts to Monterey County during Car Week, hospitality workers are right in the middle of it.

  • Sloan Campi
  • Aug 15, 2025

Sloan Campi here, writing this during one of the busiest days of the year in Monterey County—the Friday before the conclusion of Car Week.

It’s a ‘Big’ week for Salinas—the rodeo, and the dollars that come with it, is back.
Opinion

It’s a ‘Big’ week for Salinas—the rodeo, and the dollars that come with it, is back.

  • Erik Chalhoub
  • Jul 14, 2025

Erik Chalhoub here, noticing signs throughout North County and beyond advertising the California Rodeo Salinas, and perhaps more cowboy hats t…

Carmel’s mayor puts parking on the priority list, citing lost revenue potential.
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Carmel’s mayor puts parking on the priority list, citing lost revenue potential.

  • Pam Marino
  • Jun 12, 2025

Concerned that Carmel could be losing out on up to $1 million a year in sales and hotel tax revenue due to a lack of parking downtown, Mayor D…

Monterey County’s tourism industry, nearly back to pre-pandemic levels, faces a bumpy road ahead.
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Monterey County’s tourism industry, nearly back to pre-pandemic levels, faces a bumpy road ahead.

  • Pam Marino
  • May 23, 2025

It’s the start of Memorial Day weekend, the official beginning of the tourist season here in Monterey County. Pam Marino here, with the good n…

Amazon is coming to Salinas. What does that mean for the future?
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Amazon is coming to Salinas. What does that mean for the future?

  • Agata Popęda
  • Sep 14, 2024

Agata Popęda here, thinking about Amazon and its future in the context of the company’s distribution center coming to Salinas. My thoughts are…

Joby Aviation asks for new tax revenues to help finance its Marina expansion.
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Joby Aviation asks for new tax revenues to help finance its Marina expansion.

  • Erik Chalhoub
  • Jun 13, 2024

Joby Aviation may have passed on Marina as the spot for its massive production facility – instead opting for Dayton, Ohio in 2023 – but the Sa…

Including undocumented families in our safety nets is the only way forward, for Pajaro and beyond.
Forum | Opinion

Including undocumented families in our safety nets is the only way forward, for Pajaro and beyond.

  • Maria Cadenas
  • Mar 23, 2023

Thousands of families were forced to evacuate after the Pajaro and Salinas rivers flooded rural areas. The storms arrived at the beginning of …

While most people suffered financially during the pandemic, billionaires enjoyed an unprecedented run.
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While most people suffered financially during the pandemic, billionaires enjoyed an unprecedented run.

  • John Nichols
  • Mar 24, 2022

Two years ago this week, shortly after President Donald Trump issued a proclamation declaring “A National Emergency Concerning the Novel Coron…

Support for cannabis in Monterey gains ground, with a vote on three locations.
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Support for cannabis in Monterey gains ground, with a vote on three locations.

  • Christopher Neely
  • Apr 30, 2021

Monterey’s three most popular tourism districts could feature the city’s first retail cannabis shops as early as 2022, if a city staff proposa…

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