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Seaside overcomes racial boundaries
Seaside resident Pearl Carey's failed run for supervisor in 1981 was proof to many that discriminatory districting boundaires worked against minority populations.
Police briefs: Antiques store worker is suspect in home heist
Police found jewelry and personal items reported stolen from a Pebble Beach home during a search of a Monterey antiques shop.
Battle at the ballot box in Greenfield
The items on the Greenfield City Council agenda are not exactly controversial, but in these days of heightened political animosity, just about anything draws a healthy crowd to its meetings.
Dave Stoldt: Realtors' notice on water user fee has ...
The Monterey County Association of Realtors recently sent out a notice from its government and community affairs director about the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District's proposed fee to be used for water supply development.
Racial Beachhead: Seaside grapples with image as center for crime, drugs
Mel Mason, currently president of the Monterey branch of the NAACP, speaks in Seaside in the 1960s in support Mexican-American rights.
Point/Counterpoint on Cal Am water proposal: Inland water issues separate, Jane Parker says
A s District 4 supervisor, it is my job to understand and appropriately advocate for the needs of the different communities within my district, which includes southwest Salinas, Marina, Seaside, Del Rey Oaks and Sand City, as well as the entire unincorporated Fort Ord.
Duo Busted for Counterfeit $100 Bills
Two counterfeiters were busted May 19 after police discovered the wallet belonging to one of them, Alma Cabrera, 37, of Wasco, was full of fake $100 bills, according to a media release sent out by the Santa Cruz Police Department .
Sheriff's Office: Seaside man beaten near Castroville bar
A Seaside man was jumped and beaten by two men at 1:57 a.m. Sunday outside a bar in the 10600 block of Merritt Street in Castroville, according to the Monterey County Sheriff's Office.
According to the Economic Policy Institute more than half of college graduates under the age of 25 are either jobless or under-employed. Median wages for people with bachelor's degrees are also down from 2000 and total student loan debt is at an all time high, hitting one trillion dollars this year.
In 1949, in 1954, and throughout the 1960s, the federal government passed Housing Acts focused on the redevelopment of urban America in which a partnership was created between the government, developers, and city planners to get rid of of "blight" by razing those parts of cities where minority groups were confined by effective use of zoning and ... (more)
Friday nights on the Monterey Peninsula
May 18, 2012, Poet, Adrianne Jonson hosts a reading and book signing for her new book, "It's Been A Long Time"at Artisana Books and Gifts in Pacific Grove, 309 Forest.
Tae Kwon Do instructor convicted of molestation
A Seaside Tae Kwon Do instructor has been convicted of molesting three girls under the age of 14, two of whom where his students, the Monterey County District Attorney's Office announced Wednesday.
Mac McDonald: Cars and rock go together like...
Automobiles and music have gone together ever since the first radio was installed in the dashboard by some enterprising tinkerer.
Pacific Grove Talks About Sharing Police Chief With Seaside
"Now I wouldn't say it's going to be easy, but I think there is a good chance that it could work," said Pacific Grove Police Chief Darius Engles Pacific Grove Police Chief Darius Engles said the goal is to look at ways cities can consolidate to save cash in tough economic times.
Lawsuits filed in fatal fire at Seaside residential facility
Three lawsuits were filed by the parents of dependent resident victims of a Marina fire that killed a total of five disabled young adults in November.
Pacific Grove, Seaside consider sharing a police chief
Now the city appears ready to consider sharing a police chief with Seaside as a way to cut police administrative costs by an estimated $100,000 a year.
Military set the model for racial integration
By 1968, Filipino officers and their families, Japanese returnees from the internment camps, white veterans and African-American elites, many of whom were career military people, created a city that was modern, middle class and military.
Pacific Grove police chief retires
Pacific Grove Police Chief Darius Engles announced Friday he will retire from that post on July 31, after nearly six years on the job.
After 33 years, Seaside third-grade teacher keeps it fresh
Carla Wright, third-grade teacher at Ord Terrace Elementary School in Seaside, will receive the 2012 Valley of the World Education Award for teaching agriculture in the classroom.
Jane Parker, Byrl Smith face off for Monterey County Board of Supervisors seat
Incumbent supervisor Jane Parker and challenger Byrl Smith chat on May 1 before the start of a District 4 candidate forum at Carpenter's Hall in Marina.