Monterey News

Vampire Weekend performs on the Main Stage during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Fields on Sunday, April 14, 2013 in Indio, Calif.

Happening this weekend, the California Roots Music and Arts Festival has become the biggest thing to hit the tiny town of Monterey since the aquarium opened.

The future of the tri-county region was the focus of a public workshop Thursday with local residents invited to share a vision of how they hope to get around by 2035 -- whether by car, bike, bus, rail or another form of public transit.

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

Boots planted on the floor of his boat in Monterey Harbor, Bryan Lucas hoists his only catch of the day: a sparkling 17-pound Chinook salmon caught May 17 off Pebble Beach.a © "The fish have been real spread out, so it's kind of been hit and miss," he says.

Kristin Brownstone in MPC Theatre CompanyA*s production of Moss Hart's A'Light Up The Sky,A' which previews Thursday and opens Friday at The Morgan Stock Stage at MPC.

Major Jake Brittingham used his military expertise to pull off a surprise appearance at his nine-year-old daughter Emma's first gymnastic competition.

The board that governs the Boy Scouts of America plans to vote on Thursday on a proposal to lift the ban on gay members.

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.