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Faculty at the Middlebury Institute are set to be laid off, but are not rolling over quite yet.
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Faculty at the Middlebury Institute are set to be laid off, but are not rolling over quite yet.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Dec 14, 2025

Sara Rubin here, reflecting on the role of higher education institutions in our lives. If you’re a student or staff member, the impact is obvi…

Pajaro Valley school board approves cutting 160 full-time positions.
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Pajaro Valley school board approves cutting 160 full-time positions.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Dec 12, 2025

After hours of deliberation in a packed meeting at Watsonville Civic Plaza, the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees approv…

Recent acquisition and staff cuts at Braga Fresh reflect larger trends in the ag sector.
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Recent acquisition and staff cuts at Braga Fresh reflect larger trends in the ag sector.

  • Katie Rodriguez
  • Nov 27, 2025

On Aug. 5, Arable Capital Partners, a private investment firm focused on food and agribusiness, announced that its company organicgirl had acq…

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KION’s Salinas newsroom is dissolved, a devastating blow to the local news landscape.
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KION’s Salinas newsroom is dissolved, a devastating blow to the local news landscape.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Sep 23, 2025

Sara Rubin here, on an unhappy day for Monterey County’s local news coverage. Just after the editorial team at KION broke from their meeting a…

The entire newsroom at Salinas TV station KION is dissolved as San Francisco-based KPIX takes over.
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The entire newsroom at Salinas TV station KION is dissolved as San Francisco-based KPIX takes over.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Sep 23, 2025

The 13 people who comprised the Salinas newsroom of television station KION were laid off on Tuesday morning, Sept. 23.

Nearly 30 CSUMB employees face layoffs due to the pandemic.
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Nearly 30 CSUMB employees face layoffs due to the pandemic.

  • Pam Marino
  • Aug 28, 2020

More jobs are being lost to Covid-19, this time at CSU Monterey Bay. The university notified 29 employees that their positions are being elimi…

UPDATED: Monterey planning on layoffs of 84 employees by June 1, in wake of millions in revenue losses due to Covid-19.
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UPDATED: Monterey planning on layoffs of 84 employees by June 1, in wake of millions in revenue losses due to Covid-19.

  • Pam Marino
  • Apr 16, 2020

Facing possibly $10 million in estimated in revenue losses in the last few months of this fiscal year due to Covid-19, the city of Monterey is…

Monterey-based HR firm Pinnacle lays off entire staff.
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Monterey-based HR firm Pinnacle lays off entire staff.

  • Nick Rahaim
  • Oct 6, 2016

Pinnacle Workforce Solutions shut its doors permanently at 4pm Thursday, leaving its nearly 25 local employees out of a job. The payroll servi…

Layoffs and Taxes on Horizon in Marina
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Layoffs and Taxes on Horizon in Marina

  • Arvin Temkar
  • Jun 28, 2013

Layoffs and taxes are on the horizon for the city of Marina. The city is set of lay off seven employees, including three police officers, as w…

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