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  • Jun 19, 2025

BOOSTING BUSINESS

Pajaro residents get certified in disaster response as the town’s infrastructure upgrades continue.
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Pajaro residents get certified in disaster response as the town’s infrastructure upgrades continue.

  • Erik Chalhoub
  • May 27, 2025

For many Pajaro residents who suffered through the 2023 flooding, it was nothing new—they had also experienced the same catastrophe in the 1990s.

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Toolbox 11.14.24

  • Nov 14, 2024

FOLLOWING UP

A drill in Monterey prepares firefighters for ‘one of the most difficult fires’ they may ever face.
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A drill in Monterey prepares firefighters for ‘one of the most difficult fires’ they may ever face.

  • Erik Chalhoub
  • Jun 11, 2024

Erik Chalhoub here, thinking about teamwork. I’ve been a part of small teams throughout my newspaper career, and I understand firsthand how cr…

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  • Nov 30, 2023

Ready for Winter

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  • Oct 19, 2023

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Amid major storm impacts, the county’s messaging has been oddly subtle.
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Amid major storm impacts, the county’s messaging has been oddly subtle.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Mar 16, 2023

It is too soon to tally the toll of the ongoing storms. As of this writing, Monterey County has been, by some key measures, quite lucky – ther…

A new county plan for disaster response reveals underlying inequality.
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A new county plan for disaster response reveals underlying inequality.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Oct 15, 2021

When I first spoke to Luna Mohammad in June of 2020, we were still in the relatively early days of shelter-in-place, full-on disaster mode. At…

UPDATED: Officials warn Monterey County residents to be prepared ahead of Sunday night's extreme weather.
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UPDATED: Officials warn Monterey County residents to be prepared ahead of Sunday night's extreme weather.

  • Pam Marino
  • Aug 23, 2020

At around 11am Sunday, the thunderstorms expected to bring dry lightning and wind gusts of up to 65 mph to Monterey County were reported just …

UPDATED: What to do and where to go if you have to evacuate a fire zone.
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UPDATED: What to do and where to go if you have to evacuate a fire zone.

  • Pam Marino
  • Aug 22, 2020

Nearly 20,000 Monterey County residents are now under an evacuation order due to the three fires burning here, and thousands more are under ev…

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