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Erik Chalhoub here, cautiously optimistic that downtowns are on the rise. Shopping malls and big box stores may have helped lead to the declin…
Erik Chalhoub here, admitting that I’m not a great holiday shopper. I’m thankful for the Weekly’s gift guide section that’s been a source of i…
Erik Chalhoub here, wishing I still owned my 1997 Mercury Grand Marquis. It’s the car I learned how to drive in, got me through college and he…
The first big industry in Monterey Bay was whaling. Then came fishing, and in recent decades, tourism. But the local fishing industry has hung…
Traverse the Big Sur coast and you’ll find yourself wondering how a highway came to exist in such a precarious, spectacular location – this is…
The city of Soledad is undergoing a transformation. One change is a 647-acre annexation, which includes the planned Miramonte project. This ho…
“It jacks up housing prices”…
At first glance, the idea seems like a moonshot, but maybe it’s the best option in a suite of bad options: In order to boost the local economy…
FREE SPEECHIn March 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic became widespread across the U.S., Columbia Journalism School’s Tow Center for Digital J…