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Despite the will of local voters, the South County oil industry is showing new signs of life.
News

Despite the will of local voters, the South County oil industry is showing new signs of life.

  • David Schmalz
  • Feb 1, 2024

A decade ago, activists worried about the dangers of fracking created momentum in Monterey County to curb oil and gas operations, which culmin…

Measure Z, an initiative limiting oil development, heads to Supreme Court.
Local Spin | Opinion

Measure Z, an initiative limiting oil development, heads to Supreme Court.

  • Sara Rubin
  • May 25, 2023

On the surface, San Ardo is a place in South Monterey County where agricultural fields of the Salinas Valley meet rolling hills of the Gabilan…

Measure Z supporters to rally outside county offices Dec. 13.
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Measure Z supporters to rally outside county offices Dec. 13.

  • David Schmalz
  • Dec 12, 2016

Despite the four million-plus dollars the oil industry spent to defeat Measure Z, it passed by a 56-44 margin in the Nov. 8 election.

The gig economy has taken over many full-time jobs, but the biggest changes are yet to come.
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The gig economy has taken over many full-time jobs, but the biggest changes are yet to come.

  • Nick Rahaim
  • Nov 23, 2016

Driving his Mazda 3 through the streets of Salinas, Mark Gurley, a 54-year-old fond of Hawaiian shirts, watches his smartphone chirp as he is …

Letters | Opinion

Letters 11.17.16

  • Nov 17, 2016

Panetta Power, Part Two

Dolores Huerta
Face to Face

Dolores Huerta

  • Sara Rubin
  • Oct 13, 2016

The United Farm Workers co-founder talks politics and negotiating strategy.

Weekly endorsements of local candidates.
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Weekly endorsements of local candidates.

  • Oct 13, 2016

The election-season ritual at the Weekly goes something like this: We invite dozens of candidates to our office in Seaside to tell our editori…

Oil companies spend big to defeat Measure Z.
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Oil companies spend big to defeat Measure Z.

  • David Schmalz
  • Sep 30, 2016

Many probably suspected that the oil industry would spend big to defeat Measure Z—if the measure passes, it will negatively impact the industr…

What Measure Z means for the future of the county’s oil industry.
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What Measure Z means for the future of the county’s oil industry.

  • David Schmalz
  • Sep 29, 2016

It’s June 1, just after 10am, in the tiny town of Spreckels, when then-presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders strides down Fifth Street.

Foes of the anti-fracking threaten to take their toys, go home.
Local Spin | Opinion

Foes of the anti-fracking threaten to take their toys, go home.

  • Mary Duan
  • Sep 22, 2016

I’ve found that newspaper readers generally fall into two categories.

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