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Pacific Grove voters to decide on sales tax increase through Measure R.
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Pacific Grove voters to decide on sales tax increase through Measure R.

  • Pam Marino
  • Oct 17, 2026

On Nov. 3, Pacific Grove voters will weigh in on a small sales tax increase, worth less than a penny, through Measure R. It's a similar increa…

Planning Commission decision to revoke A.W. Shucks drinking establishment permit overturned by Carmel City Council.
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Planning Commission decision to revoke A.W. Shucks drinking establishment permit overturned by Carmel City Council.

  • Katie Rodriguez
  • Apr 14, 2026

Carmel City Council voted unanimously on April 7 to overturn a decision by the Carmel Planning Commission to revoke the drinking establishment…

Carmel Mayor Dale Byrne announces he won't run for a second term.
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Carmel Mayor Dale Byrne announces he won't run for a second term.

  • Pam Marino
  • Apr 3, 2026

Carmel Mayor Dale Byrne announced on Thursday, April 2, that he will not be running for a second term this November. He made the announcement …

King City moves forward with name change following public outcry.

King City moves forward with name change following public outcry.

  • Staff Report
  • Updated Apr 6, 2026

Following the success of the third No Kings protest on Saturday, March 28, with thousands gathering in cities across Monterey County, a citize…

Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District board member to step down, creating a vacancy.
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Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District board member to step down, creating a vacancy.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Dec 2, 2025

Shane Anderson, vice president of Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District, announced in November that he will resign from the board in Decem…

A challenging future faces California and the region. Local leaders try to make sense of it.
Opinion

A challenging future faces California and the region. Local leaders try to make sense of it.

  • Erik Chalhoub
  • Oct 17, 2025

Erik Chalhoub here, thinking back to nearly a year ago, when I attended the Monterey Bay Economic Partnership’s State of the Region. At that t…

Elected officials have a duty to avoid conflicts of interest, real or perceived.
Local Spin | Opinion

Elected officials have a duty to avoid conflicts of interest, real or perceived.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Oct 2, 2025

There’s something that happens in small-town civics. People who get involved in one thing participate in another. The Venn diagrams of local e…

What are special districts, and why are they vital?
Opinion

What are special districts, and why are they vital?

  • Pam Marino
  • Jul 20, 2025

Pam Marino here, a self-certified public meeting nerd. While attending meetings is probably not everybody’s thing, I find them fascinating—goo…

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