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Money to help young adults facing homelessness is finally available after delay and uncertainty.
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Money to help young adults facing homelessness is finally available after delay and uncertainty.

  • Pam Marino
  • Aug 28, 2025

A grant program meant to lift Monterey County’s young adults out of homelessness over the past year was held up for months after the original …

As leaders in Washington take a sledgehammer to federal funding, here’s a look at local expenditures.
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As leaders in Washington take a sledgehammer to federal funding, here’s a look at local expenditures.

  • Erik Chalhoub, Dave Faries, Celia Jiménez, Pam Marino, Agata Popęda, Katie Rodriguez, Sara Rubin, David Schmalz
  • Mar 20, 2025

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  • Jul 4, 2024

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Monterey’s first homeless shelter for women and families is ready to welcome guests.
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Monterey’s first homeless shelter for women and families is ready to welcome guests.

  • Pam Marino
  • Nov 2, 2023

Just a week before the first guests step over the threshold, crews are busy putting the finishing touches on the Shuman HeartHouse, Monterey’s…

The design for an affordable housing project on Laurel Drive in Salinas moves forward.
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The design for an affordable housing project on Laurel Drive in Salinas moves forward.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Sep 7, 2023

The people who may someday live in a future affordable housing project were invited to weigh in on what the units should look like. At a works…

Monterey County is phasing out temporary shelters for Pajaro as long-term recovery continues.
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Monterey County is phasing out temporary shelters for Pajaro as long-term recovery continues.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Aug 31, 2023

To some degree, a sense of normalcy has returned to the community of Pajaro in North Monterey County, nearly six months after the Pajaro River…

People in urgent need of housing went without, despite the existence of emergency vouchers.
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People in urgent need of housing went without, despite the existence of emergency vouchers.

  • Pam Marino
  • Jun 1, 2023

When the new executive director of the Housing Authority of the County of Monterey, Zulieka Boykin, came on board in December of last year, sh…

Once without a place to call her own, Regina Lebel points the way for others in need.
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Once without a place to call her own, Regina Lebel points the way for others in need.

  • Pam Marino
  • Dec 22, 2022

As Regina Lebel opens the door to her apartment, she is the picture of Christmas in a bright red cardigan sweater lined with silver sparkles, …

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