In less than an hour, more than 50 volunteers filled 250 colorful backpacks with notebooks, pencils and more on Monday, May 18 at the Monterey…
Celia Jiménez here, thinking I should do my taxes soon.
FREE SPEECH People from the Monterey Bay to the South Bay were surprised in recent days to receive an unfamiliar newspaper on their doorsteps:…
Unforeseen circumstances – a sudden illness or an eviction notice – can put low-income families in a predicament: Get the money they need to s…
In March 2020, as the economy shut down, government agencies passed eviction moratoriums. The idea was that a sudden surge in evictions, as pe…
The economic of impact of Covid-19 is continuing to take a toll even as unemployment rates have fallen. The most current numbers (from August)…
It is the “strange conundrum” of our time, says United Way Monterey County President and CEO Katy Castagna. There are plenty of people who are…
Tick, tock. The clock is ticking because taxes are due Monday, April 15. For those who waited to the last minute and made less than $55,000 in…
Dave Potter’s political career, like a lot of his life, was unplanned…
Dave Potter, who has held the 5th District seat on the Monterey County Board of Supervisors since 1996, woke up on Election Day and had coffee…