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A new report finds Monterey County’s economy is strong, but warning signs persist.
Opinion

A new report finds Monterey County’s economy is strong, but warning signs persist.

  • Erik Chalhoub
  • Oct 13, 2025

Erik Chalhoub here, noting that humans rarely make decisions for rational reasons. We could fix up our older vehicles for much less than the p…

Abilities Cafe has a brief but successful run at Schilling Cafe, with sights on a permanent spot.
Eat + Drink

Abilities Cafe has a brief but successful run at Schilling Cafe, with sights on a permanent spot.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Sep 14, 2025

Lorraine Gonzales spent her career teaching special education, with a focus on transitions for 18- to 22-year-olds making their way into adult…

Fired USDA federal workers return to work.
News

Fired USDA federal workers return to work.

  • Katie Rodriguez
  • Mar 27, 2025

A little over a month since federal employees with the U.S. Department of Agriculture were fired, workers have begun to return to the office t…

Carolyn Sames turned to a staffing firm to find a job and ended up owning a local staffing powerhouse.
Face to Face

Carolyn Sames turned to a staffing firm to find a job and ended up owning a local staffing powerhouse.

  • Dave Faries
  • Feb 22, 2024

A lot of people – a lot of businesses, for that matter – have Carolyn Sames to thank for their employment.

As Seaside considers an agreement with trade unions regarding public projects, controversy ensues.
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As Seaside considers an agreement with trade unions regarding public projects, controversy ensues.

  • David Schmalz
  • Feb 24, 2022

Emotions ran high at a Feb. 17 Seaside City Council meeting when the council reviewed a draft project labor agreement. If ultimately approved,…

A delay on processing two-year permit renewals puts DACA recipients’ jobs at risk.
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A delay on processing two-year permit renewals puts DACA recipients’ jobs at risk.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Aug 19, 2021

The latest challenge for the more than 616,000 people in the U.S. thanks to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is not the just the …

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McDonald’s offer to raise wages for some workers is a thinly disguised farce.

  • David Moberg
  • Apr 30, 2015

On April Fool’s Day, McDonald’s Corporation offered a pay increase next July to workers in the restaurants it owns in the United States. The c…

A new law addresses a controversial element of the state education code.
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A new law addresses a controversial element of the state education code.

  • David Schmalz
  • Jan 14, 2015

As students across Monterey County settle back into school after the holidays, a new law signed by Gov. Jerry Brown last September has quietly…

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