Battle at the ballot box in Greenfield
Saturday May 26 | via Monterey County Herald
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. Comment?
Racial Beachhead: Seaside grapples with image as cen...
Friday May 25 | via Monterey County Herald
Mel Mason, currently president of the Monterey branch of the NAACP, speaks in Seaside in the 1960s in support Mexican-American rights. Comment?
Thursday May 24 | via KION 46
SEASIDE, Calif.- One day after announcing major layoffs, the stock for Hewlett-Packard bounced back Thursday, but Seaside employees are waiting to learn their fate. Comment?
Duo Busted for Counterfeit $100 Bills
Wednesday May 23 | via Patch.com
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 . Comment?
Seaside Police Investigate Shooting
Sunday May 20 | via KION 46
According to witnesses, a man shot at a group standing outside in the area. Witnesses told Police the suspect then got into a grey or silver color car and fled the area. Comment?
Saturday May 19 | via KION 46
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. Comment?
Saturday May 19 | via Monterey County Herald
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) Comment?
Highway 101 Northbound Closed for Crime Investigation
Saturday May 19 | via KION 46
Salinas, Calif.- The California Highway Patrol closed northbound Highway 101 at Laurel Drive for a crime scene investigation. Comment?
Santa Cruz Sexual Battery Suspect on the Loose
Saturday May 19 | via KION 46
Santa Cruz, Calif.- Santa Cruz Police need your help finding a man wanted for sexual battery and making criminal threats. Comment?
Safeway criticized for suspending butcher who defend...
Thursday May 17 | via The Campbell Reporter
When Ryan Young, a butcher at a Monterey County Safeway, stopped a customer from hitting his pregnant girlfriend in the store last month, he won praise from the police department. Comment?
Pacific Grove Talks About Sharing Police Chief With ...
Wednesday May 16 | via KION 46
"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. Comment?
Letters: Sharing a police chief is common sense plan
Tuesday May 15 | via Monterey County Herald
Byrl Smith has a jobs plan that includes establishing a business tech center to attract high-tech and green-tech industries to help jump-start the county's economy; streamline and consolidate the review process for new businesses and projects; create hiring and purchasing programs that benefit the local work force; provide tax breaks for new ... (more) Comment?
Lawsuits filed in fatal fire at Seaside residential ...
Tuesday May 15 | via Monterey County Herald
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. Comment?
Pacific Grove, Seaside consider sharing a police chief
Monday May 14 | via Monterey County Herald
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. Comment?
Pacific Grove police chief retires
Friday May 11 | via Monterey County Herald
Pacific Grove Police Chief Darius Engles announced Friday he will retire from that post on July 31, after nearly six years on the job. Comment?
Military set the model for racial integration
Friday May 11 | via Monterey County Herald
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. Comment?
Woman Saves Man Having Heart Attack
Wednesday May 9 | via KION 46
A North Salinas High School senior was working at his part-time job when he witnessed a young man beaten and stabbed. Comment?