First, the good news. A recent study found that the use of organophosphates – a broad spectrum of insecticides widely used in agriculture on f…
Erik Chalhoub here. It seems like every day I come across a pile of trash on the side of North County’s rural roads, dumped by someone either …
Within hours of a fire igniting on Jan. 16 at a Vistra’s battery plant in Moss Landing, some residents who live nearby or were downwind from t…
On Saturday, July 6, the County of Monterey announced there was a large fish die-off at Lake San Antonio, and that officials from the Californ…
Along some rural Monterey County roads, you can smell trash even before you see it. Bags of household garbage, tires, furniture and kitchen ap…
In the immediate aftermath of a sewage spill at Carmel Valley Ranch on Aug. 6 and then another on Aug. 16, California American Water officials…
Kyler Asato and Corrine Ow insist that their jobs as Monterey County environmental health specialists – more commonly known as health inspecto…
A court battle rages on over California’s regulation of the cancer-causing pesticide 1,3-dichloropropene, or 1,3-D – with a superior court jud…
Everything in health is connected. How much sleep you get can affect weight gain and mental cognition. Your zip code can determine how long yo…
For the last 10 years, Paola Berthoin, a resident of Carmel Valley, has personally managed her own household waste. Since the 60-year-old recy…