UPDATE — Oct. 21, 11am: The MPWMD board voted unanimously Oct. 20 to ask the State Water Board to modify the state's cease-and-desist order ag…
Sara Rubin here, thinking about how easy it would’ve been from a journalistic perspective if our team at the Weekly could have simply scored a…
If Cal Am won’t voluntarily play ball to expand Pure Water Monterey, a recycled water project that could preclude the need for a local desalin…
The case for building more housing in Monterey is bolstered by a simple fact: state law requires it. By 2023, the city must increase its housi…
This story begins back in 1995, when California American Water regularly drew about 14,100 acre-feet of water per year from the Carmel River t…
When Sheri Braden grabs a few potatoes from her pantry to cook for dinner, she rinses them off under the faucet. Then she uses water from a 5-…
FREE SPEECHThe Monterey County Civil Grand Jury took the city of Carmel to task in 2015, reporting, among other findings, that city officials …
For the near future, water rationing, and the economic calamity that goes with it, has been averted on the Monterey Peninsula.
It's a difference of 320 acre-feet of water annually, but one that could have broader implications for the Peninsula.