Monterey News

The Monterey City Council, after hearing assurances no city money would be spent, gave a go-ahead Tuesday to consulting contracts for the proposed $32 million Conference Center facelift.

Entering last Saturday's American Le Mans Monterey at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca , Bryan Sellers hoped he'd be able to use the track's signature "Corkscrew" turn to lead to pulling the cork on a bottle of celebratory champagne.

Thirty "Coachella-type" rock bands on three stages over two days in late August at the Monterey County Fairgrounds, that's the recipe for the inaugural First City Festival.

Q Are there any improvements along Highway 1 than can help make the drive, especially on the weekend, from Santa Cruz toward Monterey more enjoyable and timely where the highway goes from four to two lanes between Watsonville and Castroville? ... Why doesn't Caltrans or Monterey County build a four-lane road east of Elkhorn Slough? A ... (more)

Wings of Freedom World War II bombers the B17 and B24 and a shiny silver P-51 have arrived in the San Francisco Bay Area and not only open the planes on the tarmac to the public but take visitors into the air.

The ousted No. 2 from the Naval Postgraduate School has been selected for another prestigious post: As an innovation executive for the Navy's research arm.

In a frantic search for yields, investors often turn toward relatively unknown products.

The Naval Post-Graduate School in Monterey, Calif., wants to acquire a bunch of anti-terrorist games that can run on a variety of gadgets, including computers and iThings to support -- I'm not making this up -- its Combatting Terrorism Fellowship program.

Keith Decker , Kristin Brownstone , James Brady , from left, in MPC Theatre CompanyA*s production of Moss Hart's A'Light Up The Sky.A' Paper Wing Theatre Company presents Rob Foster's "Mr Bruce, Do You Swear?" Opens at 8p.m. Friday, May 17; continues at 8p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through June 1 at the Gallerie Theatre, Paper Wing Theatre Company, ... (more)

MONTEREY, Calif.- A new festival is replacing the down and out Monterey Bay Blues Festival this summer at the Monterey County Fairgrounds to even include a reality TV star.

Occupancy at Monterey Peninsula hotels was up slightly in the first quarter of 2013, better than Napa County but not as good as Sonoma County.

A food service worker arrested in January and accused of sharing alcohol and pornography with students at Santa Catalina School in Monterey was sentenced to felony probation and 350 days in Monterey County Jail.

We've shared videos of master photographer Ansel Adams discussing photography in the past but those black-and-white clips have always felt stagey and scripted.

May 14, 2013 - SEATTLE -- How far would you go in the line of duty? In the fascinating novel Between The Lines, new detective Saul Jenkins is asked by his chief to become Isabelle Windlow, the young daughter of a wealthy arms supplier.

The Monterey County District Attorney announced that 29-year old Juan Pablo Mata of Seaside was sentenced on Tuesday to felony probation and 350 days in jail.

After being on the lam for 40 days, felon Dimitri Storm pleaded not guilty to nine charges in an Alameda County Court on Monday, according to the Alameda County District Attorney's Office.

Monterey Peninsula residents may hear more about a roundabout over the next several months than college kids ever did in the 1970s wearing out their Yes albums with the 8½-minute song "Roundabout." A long-planned improvement plan for the traffic bottleneck at the main entrance to Pebble Beach, where southbound Highway 1 meets the Holman ... (more)

Monterey California, known for its beautiful beaches and the tourist shopping attraction Cannery Row, has hit another high with the grand opening of Monterey Day Spa.

"Doc would listen to any kind of nonsense and turn it into wisdom. His mind had no horizon -- and his sympathy had no warp.

A prominent Monterey County businesswoman was sentenced to 14 months in federal prison a year and a half after she was indicted on federal tax evasion charges, U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag announced Monday.