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UPDATED: After fire breaks out near Carmel Valley Village, evacuation warnings are lifted.
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UPDATED: After fire breaks out near Carmel Valley Village, evacuation warnings are lifted.

  • Katie Rodriguez
  • Jun 16, 2025

UPDATE as of 5:45pm Monday, June 16: All evacuation warnings have been lifted. 

Marina Fire Department’s open house offers an insight into its services—and the challenges in providing them.
Opinion

Marina Fire Department’s open house offers an insight into its services—and the challenges in providing them.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Oct 4, 2024

Celia Jiménez here, thinking about firefighters and realizing most of the ones I knew growing up were from TV screens. I don’t even think ther…

A divided Carmel City Council gives a green light to street addresses.
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A divided Carmel City Council gives a green light to street addresses.

  • Pam Marino
  • Jul 11, 2024

The town famous for having no numbered street addresses is now a step closer to adding them, after a divided 3-2 vote of the Carmel City Counc…

The push is on to harness drones to help monitor disaster-damaged roads.
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The push is on to harness drones to help monitor disaster-damaged roads.

  • David Schmalz
  • Jul 4, 2024

On June 26, Josh Metz, executive director of Monterey Bay DART (Drone Automation & Robotics Technology), made a pitch to the board of the …

Seaside’s second fire station takes a step toward construction with environmental documents.
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Seaside’s second fire station takes a step toward construction with environmental documents.

  • Erik Chalhoub
  • Mar 28, 2024

When it was built in the 1970s, Seaside’s fire station on Broadway Avenue was situated in a central location, allowing for even response times…

Salinas’ Firefighter of the Year found his passion for helping others and working with a team.
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Salinas’ Firefighter of the Year found his passion for helping others and working with a team.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Feb 29, 2024

Chris Knapp, 41, is a long-time Salinas resident and has worked for the Salinas Fire Department for over 15 years. In January, during a celebr…

Monterey County rolls out a farmworker resource center using a Covid-era model.
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Monterey County rolls out a farmworker resource center using a Covid-era model.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Jun 29, 2023

Since January of 2021, the VIDA program has provided resources to the most vulnerable communities in Monterey County. The initiative, launched…

After three emergency calls to Moss Landing battery plants, county and state officials look to plan ahead.
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After three emergency calls to Moss Landing battery plants, county and state officials look to plan ahead.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Dec 15, 2022

At about 1:30am on Sept. 20, infrared cameras picked up on unusual heat in a Tesla megapack battery at PG&E’s Elkhorn Battery plant in Mos…

Monterey County’s event tracker serves an added purpose: helping dodge Car Week traffic.
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Monterey County’s event tracker serves an added purpose: helping dodge Car Week traffic.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Aug 11, 2022

It should come as no surprise that Car Week generates standstill traffic. The events (at least 26 this year) draw car-lovers, up to 100,000 of…

Parts of Marina expect longer emergency response times after Presidio fire station closes.
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Parts of Marina expect longer emergency response times after Presidio fire station closes.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Feb 10, 2022

Despite approving the largest budget in the city’s history, $57 million for the 2021-22 and 2022-2023 fiscal years, and approving projects suc…

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