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  • Feb 29, 2024

POWER UP

Preventing wildfires is behind a 35-hour power outage in Carmel Valley, says PG&E.
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Preventing wildfires is behind a 35-hour power outage in Carmel Valley, says PG&E.

  • Pam Marino
  • Aug 17, 2021

For 35 hours on Sunday and Monday, 3,700 Pacific Gas & Electric customers in Carmel Valley and other parts of Monterey County were without…

Big Marina bar/restaurant news, from new top chef to rooftop deck.
Eat + Drink

Big Marina bar/restaurant news, from new top chef to rooftop deck.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Mar 3, 2017

It's been a diet of both good and bad news for the Marina eating scene this week, with no shortage of intrigue sprinkled on top.

As PG&E crews work overtime, a Marina hotel is left in the lurch.
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As PG&E crews work overtime, a Marina hotel is left in the lurch.

  • David Schmalz
  • Mar 2, 2017

Developer Harvey Dadwal has dreamed of building a hotel on the Monterey Peninsula for about a dozen years, and it’s a dream he has nearly achieved.

Here’s what your lawmakers did in Sacramento last year.
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Here’s what your lawmakers did in Sacramento last year.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Jan 5, 2017

“Dumpster fire” had an outside chance of becoming Oxford Dictionary’s word of the year in 2016. It was the year beloved celebrities including …

Local governments move to break PG&E monopoly.
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Local governments move to break PG&E monopoly.

  • Nick Rahaim
  • Dec 7, 2016

Just a few months ago things looked shaky, with both the city of Salinas and Monterey County contemplating bowing out of a plan to break Pacif…

Volunteer firefighters regroup for Soberanes Fire.
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Volunteer firefighters regroup for Soberanes Fire.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Aug 18, 2016

In the days after the Soberanes Fire scorches Palo Colorado, volunteer firefighters regroup.

After two days, Soberanes Fire explodes and efforts multiply.
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After two days, Soberanes Fire explodes and efforts multiply.

  • Ana Ceballos
  • Jul 24, 2016

UPDATE (07/24/16 8pm): Cal Fire issues mandatory evacuations for the communities of Palo Colorado, Old Coast, Rocky Creek and Bixby Creek road…

Monterey battles residents over energy-efficient light bulbs.
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Monterey battles residents over energy-efficient light bulbs.

  • Nick Rahaim
  • Jul 14, 2016

In late 2009, the city of Monterey tried to get a jump on California’s Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 by changing streetlights throughou…

Local Spin | Opinion

What dying well means for Diablo Canyon—and my dad, a nuclear engineer.

  • Erik Cushman
  • Jun 30, 2016

When I heard the news last week about the mothballing of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, it got me to thinking…

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