Per state law, law enforcement agencies that have provided any access to federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement must offer an annual upda…
There’s something that happens in small-town civics. People who get involved in one thing participate in another. The Venn diagrams of local e…
It was not from the Supreme Court bench but in a Harper’s Weekly article in 1913 that Justice Louis Brandeis wrote the now-famous line, “sunli…
One thing that hasn’t is the steady flow of attempts by authorities to avoid their legal and ethical obligations to be open and accountable…
The City of Seaside has seen a tumultuous year in its City Hall, with resignations and firings at nearly every top position, from city manager…
Sara Rubin here, after visiting the Monterey County Jail for the first time ever. The facility was effectively closed to the press for eight o…
Over the past year, the city of Salinas has lost several people from key leadership positions, including the finance director, city manager, a…
There are a few common metaphors about the unwieldy nature of government. Andrew Sandoval is familiar with them, but unfazed. “People think of…
The Monterey County Weekly’s editorial staff spends a lot of time attending public meetings. There are city councils, planning commissions, zo…
AD HOMINEM… Squid sometimes uses court documents as a sleep aid – half the words are in Latin, and if you don’t have a J.D., it can be pretty …