Gloria De La Rosa knows how to throw a party. To the sound of live mariachi, Tex-Mex and cumbia music, she awaits the results of the Nov. 5 el…
To the sound of live mariachi, Tex-Mex and cumbia music, Gloria De La Rosa awaits the results of the Nov. 5 election. Even before the results …
On June 18, a day before the Salinas City Council met to vote on an ordinance to ban the parking of oversized vehicles, Salinas Councilmember …
Adele Fresé says she didn’t realize until last week just how scared people are…
Three weeks before the Nov. 8 election, lawns in Salinas are flecked with campaign signs, an indicator that money is flowing into four open se…
A homeless man who sued to get on the Nov. 8 ballot for Salinas City Council lost his case. In a decision released Oct. 17, Monterey County Su…
The election-season ritual at the Weekly goes something like this: We invite dozens of candidates to our office in Seaside to tell our editori…
Even now, three years after his election to represent District 1 on the Salinas City Council, I still get the question. Sometimes it’s delivered in an angry tone, sometimes a baffled one: What were you guys thinking endorsing Jose Castañeda?…
Vista de la terraza is Spanish for “balcony view” and each of 40 apartments here comes with a balcony facing a surprisingly impressive landsca…