For decades, drilling a well in the Salinas Valley and its outlying rural communities has required only one bureaucratic step – applying to th…
David Schmalz here. I’ve never much liked the term “Lettuce Curtain,” the oft-used metaphor to describe the divide between the Salinas Valley …
During the succession of atmospheric rivers that swept over the Central Coast around the turn of the year, the Monterey County Water Resources…
In the story of the lower Salinas Valley’s groundwater – which is the sole source of water for agriculture and residents – history repeats its…
If only water projects or hospital mergers moved as fast as performance reviews of the officials assigned to run them, things might get done faster.
At his very first board meeting as a director of the Monterey County Water Resources Agency in 2011, Claude Hoover abstained from voting on a …
The warm days of an Indian Summer might feel like the perfect chance to fit in some lakeside lounging before the winter rains hit, but that sa…
Representatives of agricultural and environmental organizations are improbable allies, but they found themselves united on Monday as they line…