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State Sen. John Laird is trying to build a different kind of state budget.
Local Spin | Opinion

State Sen. John Laird is trying to build a different kind of state budget.

  • Sara Rubin
  • May 7, 2026

If you think the mechanics of budgeting are a dull topic for conversation, or that a projected $20 billion budget shortfall the year after nex…

Here are some of the laws our local legislators authored last year. As for their impact, time will tell.
News

Here are some of the laws our local legislators authored last year. As for their impact, time will tell.

  • David Schmalz
  • Jan 2, 2025

On Dec. 2, California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, D-Hollister, addressed his fellow Assembly members, informing them of a new rule he was i…

A private meeting about Peninsula water is supposed to lead toward consensus, but consensus remains elusive.
Newsletter

A private meeting about Peninsula water is supposed to lead toward consensus, but consensus remains elusive.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Aug 1, 2024

Sara Rubin here, thinking about how easy it would’ve been from a journalistic perspective if our team at the Weekly could have simply scored a…

Watsonville hospital bond measure holds its lead as more ballots are counted.
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Watsonville hospital bond measure holds its lead as more ballots are counted.

  • Erik Chalhoub
  • Mar 11, 2024

It’s been a nail-biter of a week for supporters of Measure N, the $116 million Watsonville Community Hospital bond, as the measure as been hov…

The Weekly gets up close and personal with local candidates for elected office.
News

The Weekly gets up close and personal with local candidates for elected office.

  • Erik Chalhoub, Celia Jiménez, Pam Marino, Sara Rubin, David Schmalz
  • Mar 10, 2024

There’s more to Election Day than campaign platforms. While candidates run on policy ideas and promises, they are human beings behind all thos…

Watsonville hospital’s leaders ‘cautiously optimistic’ as bond measure trends toward approval.
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Watsonville hospital’s leaders ‘cautiously optimistic’ as bond measure trends toward approval.

  • Erik Chalhoub
  • Mar 5, 2024

Inside downtown Watsonville’s newest spot to see and be seen, those concerned for the future of Pajaro Valley’s hospital gathered at Watsonvil…

Monterey County Planning Commissioner Kate Daniels announces run for District 5 Board of Supervisors seat.
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Monterey County Planning Commissioner Kate Daniels announces run for District 5 Board of Supervisors seat.

  • Rey Mashayekhi
  • May 15, 2023

Monterey County Planning Commissioner Kate Daniels has announced her campaign for the District 5 seat on the county Board of Supervisors, beco…

Watsonville Hospital purchase is finalized after a breakneck effort.
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Watsonville Hospital purchase is finalized after a breakneck effort.

  • Pam Marino
  • Sep 2, 2022

In record time, Watsonville Community Hospital went from the brink of closing within the last year to public ownership at 12:01am Thursday, Se…

The race to save a community hospital advances with state support.
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The race to save a community hospital advances with state support.

  • Pam Marino
  • Jul 5, 2022

Earlier this year, state Sen. John Laird, D-Santa Cruz, rushed a bill through the California legislature in 19 days to create the Pajaro Valle…

California’s new statehouse and congressional districts shake up Monterey County's political landscape into the next decade.
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California’s new statehouse and congressional districts shake up Monterey County's political landscape into the next decade.

  • Christopher Neely
  • Dec 21, 2021

How Monterey County is represented in Sacramento and Washington in the 2020s will look much different than the 2010s after the state commissio…

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