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The story of a chicken, a closed dealership and dwindling sales taxes.
Opinion

The story of a chicken, a closed dealership and dwindling sales taxes.

  • Agata Popęda
  • Dec 20, 2025

Agata Popęda here. On Friday, Dec. 12, the Weekly’s Associate Editor Erik Chalhoub—usually a very collected man—came to the office visibly mov…

Seaside’s Hyundai dealership suddenly closes, as the city faces slumping auto sales.
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Seaside’s Hyundai dealership suddenly closes, as the city faces slumping auto sales.

  • Erik Chalhoub
  • Dec 18, 2025

Some employees at Premier Hyundai of Seaside say they were only given a couple of days’ notice that they were losing their jobs since the deal…

Seaside’s Hyundai dealership suddenly closes, opening a hole in the city’s budget.
Opinion

Seaside’s Hyundai dealership suddenly closes, opening a hole in the city’s budget.

  • Erik Chalhoub
  • Dec 12, 2025

Erik Chalhoub here, thinking back to when I purchased my vehicle in 2021 at Premier Hyundai of Seaside to take advantage of the pandemic-era d…

Race teams to host Seaside street party before taking to the track at Laguna Seca.
Sports & Rec

Race teams to host Seaside street party before taking to the track at Laguna Seca.

  • Dave Faries
  • May 9, 2023

Before teams from the IMSA SportsCar Challenge do battle on the twisting ribbon of asphalt at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, they are throwi…

Three shuttered Seaside car dealerships reopen tomorrow.
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Three shuttered Seaside car dealerships reopen tomorrow.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Jan 22, 2020

Six months after three Seaside car dealerships closed, leaving about 60 people out of work and Seaside without a major source of tax revenue, …

A look at the surprise favorite, the long shot and the loose cannon.
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A look at the surprise favorite, the long shot and the loose cannon.

  • Shane Mason
  • Feb 12, 2015

Editor’s note: Weekly contributor Shane Mason played golf on scholarship at Pepperdine before studying nuclear nonproliferation at now-Middleb…

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