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Greenfield City Council considers a moratorium on new building due to wastewater treatment capacity.
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Greenfield City Council considers a moratorium on new building due to wastewater treatment capacity.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Jul 17, 2025

Greenfield City Council is on the path to passing a moratorium halting construction within city limits. The culprit: capacity at the city’s wa…

Salinas City Council prepares to vote on sewer rate increases, potentially tripling rates.
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Salinas City Council prepares to vote on sewer rate increases, potentially tripling rates.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Apr 17, 2025

For over a decade, sewer rates for Salinas residents have remained the same: $5.45 per month since 2012. This fiscal year, the city is facing …

What Measure Z means for the future of the county’s oil industry.
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What Measure Z means for the future of the county’s oil industry.

  • David Schmalz
  • Sep 29, 2016

It’s June 1, just after 10am, in the tiny town of Spreckels, when then-presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders strides down Fifth Street.

P.G. Council to consider a temporary permitting pause for Airbnb-style vacation rentals.
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P.G. Council to consider a temporary permitting pause for Airbnb-style vacation rentals.

  • Kera Abraham
  • Aug 4, 2015

The city of Pacific Grove may retool its program allowing homeowners to rent out their properties through websites like VRBO and Airbnb.

Put down the pore cleanser: California bill would ban products with polluting microbeads.
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Put down the pore cleanser: California bill would ban products with polluting microbeads.

  • Kera Abraham
  • Jun 10, 2015

Your toothpaste could be slowly poisoning marine life. So could your facial scrub and other products containing tiny plastic microbeads, which…

Marina Coast gets gangbusters for its own desal plant to supply Fort Ord.
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Marina Coast gets gangbusters for its own desal plant to supply Fort Ord.

  • Mar 12, 2015

Peter Le shivers in the manure-scented morning breeze. He peers through a chain-link fence separating Monterey Regional Water Pollution Contro…

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