18 MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY December 28, 2023-January 3, 2024 www.montereycountyweekly.com By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier, Dave Faries, Celia Jiménez, Pam Marino, Agata Pop˛eda, Sara Rubin and David Schmalz Photos by Daniel Dreifuss In the news landscape, stories move quickly. By the time a newspaper is printed, sometimes the news has already changed. But we hope you agree that there’s a benefit to taking a moment to pause and to look back at the year gone by. A dominant story in Monterey County last year was weather and its effects on our lives and infrastructure; there’s a chance 2024 could be a repeat. Other stories are singular events, marking retirements or deaths of influential people who left their mark in music or in science, or milestones in sports. Some of these stories mark culminations, others new beginnings—and we will be watching in the years ahead to see where they lead. The writeups that follow here are just brief summaries; for more extended coverage, visit montereycountynow.com. -Sara Rubin, editor 2023: A Year in News We revisit the moments that made headlines in Monterey County this year. Facing page, clockwise from top left: The board of the Carmel Unified School District meets on Feb. 7, when they voted in closed session to remove Jon Lyons from his job as Carmel High School principal. CSU Monterey Bay President Vanya Quiñones was hired in 2022 and, by early 2023, had made major changes to her administration. Protesters showed up to Corral De Tierra Country Club on Sept. 28, where Monterey County business leaders hosted a fundraising brunch for Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis. Pajaro resident Carla Escutia tosses out belongings from her Pajaro home onto the street after returning home following a 12-day evacuation due to flooding.
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