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MPUSD board votes to add a bond measure for staff housing on the ballot.
Monterey Peninsula Unified School District’s board voted 6-1, Tuesday, July 23 to include a $340 million bond measure on the November ballot to fund teachers’ housing and facilities upgrades. Trustee Tom Jennings was the dissenting vote. The goal is to provide a competitive edge for MPUSD to hire...
As Monterey tightens its belt, it’s looking to ensure funding to maintain what’s already built.
To say things got testy at a July 18 joint special meeting with the Monterey City Council and the Neighborhood Community Improvement Program Committee might be understating it. At the heart of the discussion – and it was only that, nothing was being voted on – was the possibility of...
Former employee of DLI and NPS pleads guilty to stealing government property.
Monterey County’s military installations employ not just members of the military, but also civilians. From 2010 to 2019, one of roughly 1,700 civilian employees at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey was Zelene Charles, who served first as a civilian supply technician, then as a supply specialist, responsible for supervising multiple warehouse employees. (She then transferred to the Naval Postgraduate School in 2019, for a year working there in the same role.)
Complaints about flight noise around the Monterey Regional Airport have inspired activism.
For years, some residents in Del Rey Oaks, Monterey and elsewhere have complained about airplane noise from flights taking off or landing at Monterey Regional Airport. Some of those complaints arose after the Federal Aviation Administration, which regulates all the flights coming to or leaving the airport, implemented in 2015 its “NextGen” technology at the facility, part of a nationwide effort to modernize how the agency manages federal airspace.
California man arrested for allegedly starting Park Fire by pushing burning car into ravine
Flames from the fire the suspect is accused of starting exploded into what is now the Park Fire, which has burned more than 70 square miles (180 square kilometers) near the city of Chico
State celebrates five years and secure water for hundreds of thousands of Californians thanks to the SAFER drinking water program
State officials, advocates and residents gathered in Porterville on Monday, July 22, to celebrate the five-year mark of a state drinking water program born of the crippling 2012-2016 drought. That’s when the entire community of east Porterville went dry – for months. There was no government program available to help...
Drag racing legend John Force, injured in 300-mph crash, returns home to Southern California
Southern California drag racer John Force moved to outpatient care weeks after a frightening 300-mph crash that left the 16-time NHRA champ hospitalized with a traumatic brain injury, his family said this week. The 75-year-old Force, who was born in Bell Gardens and lives in Yorba Linda, was back home...
Newsom’s executive order on homeless encampments cities like Watsonville are ahead of the new law
WATSONVILLE, Calif. (KION-TV) — Today's bill signed by Governor Newsom will impact local homeless encampment cleanup along the central coast. Some cities, like Watsonville, started ahead of the new law. This comes as the city of Watsonville began clearing out homeless encampments along the Pajaro River Levee on Monday.
Big Lots to close several Northern California stores, including two on Central Coast
SALINAS, Calif. — Big Lots, the popular retail chain, has announced plans to close dozens of its stores in Northern California, including two in the local area. The stores in Salinas and Gilroy are among those slated for closure. The Watsonville location will remain open. The company cited the...
Help needed for mural project
The public is invited to roll up their sleeves and help paint a giant outdoor mural at Hazelwood Park in Watsonville on Saturday. The ongoing project by Monterey Bay Murals and Parks and Recreation Commissioner Fabian Leonor near Rolling Hills Middle School, the event runs from 10am to 5pm.
Watsonville starts clearing homeless encampments
WATSONVILLE, Calif. — The city of Watsonville began to clear out a homeless encampment along the Pajaro River Levee on Monday. It's a process that is expected to last through Aug. 2. On Friday, the city posted multiple notices across encampment structures about their plans to clear out the...
Salvation Army gives away 450 school backpacks
As summer wanes and the school year approaches, hundreds of families gathered in Watsonville Plaza Saturday to receive free new backpacks filled with school supplies. In hosting its annual backpack giveaway, the Salvation Army Watsonville Corps joined with the Red Cross, Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County, Freedom Rotary, Salud Para la Gente and Scouting America.
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