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Before Highway 1 in Moss Landing is submerged in Elkhorn Slough by sea level rise, county transportation planners are taking a proactive step.
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Before Highway 1 in Moss Landing is submerged in Elkhorn Slough by sea level rise, county transportation planners are taking a proactive step.

  • Aric Sleeper
  • Apr 23, 2026

Aric Sleeper here, impressed after I put on a virtual reality headset and took a simulated tour of Elkhorn Slough at the public drop-in sessio…

King Tides are here—and your chance to contribute to science.
News

King Tides are here—and your chance to contribute to science.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Dec 3, 2025

King Tides are here, meaning high highs and low lows, making for a dramatic effect along the coast.

Telling a short story about a long walk, 250 years in the making.
Opinion

Telling a short story about a long walk, 250 years in the making.

  • Dave Faries
  • May 17, 2025

Name an American institution that predates the Declaration of Independence. Dave Faries here, tipping you off that the answer is in a story in…

Calls to reform the California Coastal Commission are widespread. Who will deliver them?
Opinion

Calls to reform the California Coastal Commission are widespread. Who will deliver them?

  • Sara Rubin
  • May 16, 2025

Sara Rubin here, with power on my mind. More specifically I am thinking about the California Coastal Commission, the result of a voter-approve…

A delegation from Japan comes to Monterey to learn best practices in disaster preparedness.
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A delegation from Japan comes to Monterey to learn best practices in disaster preparedness.

  • David Schmalz
  • May 15, 2025

David Schmalz here. It was a pure matter of chance that yesterday, as I was readying to spend the afternoon at the Monterey Public Library doi…

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A marsh restoration project that aims to help mitigate sea level rise reaches a milestone.
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A marsh restoration project that aims to help mitigate sea level rise reaches a milestone.

  • Katie Rodriguez
  • Nov 21, 2024

After 13 years of planning and building, the Hester Marsh Restoration Project had its unofficial “ribbon-cutting” moment over the weekend of N…

King Tides have arrived. Here’s how they work.
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King Tides have arrived. Here’s how they work.

  • Katie Rodriguez
  • Nov 15, 2024

Katie Rodriguez here. If you’ve visited a beach in the last 24 hours or so, you may have noticed that there is a lot more, or a lot less, beac…

Two sets of Carmel beach stairs battered by winter storms remain closed nine months later.
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Two sets of Carmel beach stairs battered by winter storms remain closed nine months later.

  • Pam Marino
  • Oct 24, 2024

Rising tides and crashing waves last winter battered the timber staircases that carry people down steep bluffs to the white sands of Carmel Be…

Local and state agencies are wrestling with how to make Highway 1 in Moss Landing resilient to sea level rise.
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Local and state agencies are wrestling with how to make Highway 1 in Moss Landing resilient to sea level rise.

  • David Schmalz
  • Jul 20, 2023

When the sea rises due to climate change, what does that look like on the ground? At Moss Landing and Elkhorn Slough, we can now look into the…

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