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With very little containment, uncooperative weather and rugged terrain, the Basin Complex Fire now threatens more than 1,200 structures along 41 miles of highway along the Big Sur coastline.
Elana Anderson and Walter Jones have always been driven to help the hungry
To Walter Jones and Elana Anderson, sharing what you've got with those who have less is their first nature.
Jack Ellwanger picks his battles and gets things done.
They don't appear on the front page: a nerdy guy who sends endless e-mails, an ex-gangster, a pair of Seaside seniors, a veteran academic, an immigrant couple from Africa.
Two Seaside nurses help save lives in Nigeria.
Richard Anyanwu's smile is radiant, even as he describes the water damage inflicted on his home by a broken pipe while he was out of town.
PC Help Desk employee detects Seaside Home fire
Smoke- and fire-damaged Seaside Home, an upscale home design store and atelier at 7509 Girard Ave., has one of its neighbors to thank for their business sustaining $200,000-plus in damages to structure and ...
The Del Rey Oaks City Council on Tuesday appointed Dewey Evans as acting city manager.
Monterey, Seaside To Crack Down On Fireworks
Officials from Monterey and Seaside are warning residents to stay away from the use of fireworks within city limits this year.
Letters: Illegal fireworks abound in Seaside
Ilove fireworks and did my stint selling them when my daughter played softball. However, I have been hearing fireworks going off for weeks now in Seaside prior to the "official" time for their use.
Home-schooled boys with fake guns creep around Seaside High.
Two males wearing camouflage and toting long guns crept through the gully between Monterey Road and Peninsula Point Drive, moving in the direction of Seaside High School.
Donovan's Views: some thoughts on Apple's global expansion plans
Garry Barker of the Fairfax Digital group in Australia has written an article in the Sydney Morning Herald revealing some interesting information from his interview with Apple's senior vice-president for retail ...
Foreclosure rate won't ease quickly
California's foreclosure tide isn't ready to start ebbing just yet. With additional waves of adjustable rate mortgages due to reset later this year, the state's default numbers aren't likely to level off in ...
The Arboretum at UC Santa Cruz will begin charging admission on July 1 to drum up funding to help maintain its 120 acres of plant collections and gardens, according to development director Tad Sterling.
Anthony Pena of Greenfield, son of Donald and Patricia Oliver, has received a Best Buy Scholarship.
Salinas and Seaside foreclosed homes to go on auction block
Forty-two foreclosed homes in Salinas and Seaside will go up for auction at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Hilton Garden Inn, 1000 Aguajito Road, Monterey.
Jun C. Hernandez of Salinas, a Modern Woodsmen of America representative, has completed a five-day educational program at Modern Woodmen's home office in Rock Island, Ill.
Seaside man convicted of having more than 500 images of child porn
Luciano Garcia, 56, of Seaside pleaded guilty Thursday to having possessed more than 500 pornographic images of children on his computer, the Monterey County District Attorney's Office said Friday.
Tourism group's chief leaves post
John McMahon, president and CEO of the Monterey County Convention and Visitors Bureau, has resigned from the organization.
By DAWN WITHERS * The Salinas Californian * June 5, 2008 In a close, still-undecided race for Monterey County's fourth-district supervisorial seat, appointed incumbent Ila Mettee-McCutchon said Wednesday she ...
A Hands-On Lesson For State Firefighters
It's all part of an annual wildland fire school put on by the Monterey County Officers Training Association.
Keepers of the epic: Mount Madonna School celebrates India hero myth 'The Ramayana"
Shmuel Thaler/Sentinel Mount Madonna Schools ‘Ramayana’ director Martin Sampad Kachuck spends a little hang time with Hanuman, the hero of the Indian epic.