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New Car Week event to bring crowds to Elkhorn Slough.

New Car Week event to bring crowds to Elkhorn Slough.

  • Staff Reports
  • Updated Apr 6, 2026

For years, Car Week has been about only one type of vehicle: those made for the paved road. A new event added to the 2026 schedule adds equity…

A mass die-off of monarchs gives researchers a rare look at poison use in urban settings.
News

A mass die-off of monarchs gives researchers a rare look at poison use in urban settings.

  • Pam Marino
  • Aug 7, 2025

It was a disturbing scene that Natalie Johnston and her team from the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History came across on Jan. 25, 2024, on…

Pesticide permits go on trial in a case that could change the ag industry.
Local Spin | Opinion

Pesticide permits go on trial in a case that could change the ag industry.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Jul 17, 2025

The courtroom of Monterey County Superior Court Department 15 feels as far removed from farming as one could imagine. On Monday, July 14, Judg…

It’s been six months since the Vistra fire ignited in Moss Landing. What’s taking cleanup so long?
Opinion

It’s been six months since the Vistra fire ignited in Moss Landing. What’s taking cleanup so long?

  • Dave Faries
  • Jul 12, 2025

One of the most important roles of any media outlet is not in breaking news or explaining the impact of a piece of legislation—although those …

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Nearly a quarter-century later, a housing development moves forward on the Highway 68 corridor.
Opinion

Nearly a quarter-century later, a housing development moves forward on the Highway 68 corridor.

  • Katie Rodriguez
  • Jun 24, 2025

Katie Rodriguez here, thinking about the passage of time. I was 9 years old when Harper Canyon Realty LLC began pursuing a large residential p…

With nature and 300 years of music in tow, The Bowerbird Collective returns to Carmel.
Music

With nature and 300 years of music in tow, The Bowerbird Collective returns to Carmel.

  • Agata Popęda
  • May 29, 2025

The Bowerbird Collective first performed locally in 2022 at the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts in Carmel. This resulted in an invitation to r…

Cal Am’s desal project has bureaucratic momentum, even with open questions.
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Cal Am’s desal project has bureaucratic momentum, even with open questions.

  • David Schmalz
  • Apr 17, 2025

Since 2010, California American Water, the investor-owned utility that provides water to the Monterey Peninsula, has pursued building a desali…

After 24 years, a controversial Harper Canyon subdivision comes back for a vote.
News

After 24 years, a controversial Harper Canyon subdivision comes back for a vote.

  • Katie Rodriguez
  • Apr 10, 2025

How many years does it take to build a subdivision? A quarter-century after one large residential project on the Highway 68 corridor was appro…

Monterey’s Old Capitol Site is slated for hiking trails, if the city can ever afford them.
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Monterey’s Old Capitol Site is slated for hiking trails, if the city can ever afford them.

  • David Schmalz
  • Feb 20, 2025

In 2019, the Pebble Beach Company gave the City of Monterey the Old Capitol Site, a 135-acre property south of Highway 1 opposite the Del Mont…

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