From summer 2024 through most of 2025, 816 full-grown eucalyptus trees and countless smaller trees were removed in North Monterey County.

The TSA workers at Monterey Regional Airport are truly some of the most courteous staff anywhere. And they are working without pay because they’re being treated as pawns, despite the fact that they are normal people with rent and car payments etc. I dropped a little cash in the donation box.

“A lot of farmers, I don’t think they know that’s what they’re spraying on their crops,” says Bernadette Del Chiaro, EWG senior vice president. “The EPA doesn’t label them as PFAS.” www.montereycountynow.com/news/local_n...

The Marina City Council unanimously approved exploring a plan that rezones a portion of the Marina Landing Shopping Center to allow for housing on Wednesday, March 18.

In the nearly year-and-a-half since the Moss Landing battery plant went ablaze, reports detailing the possible fallout of airborne heavy metals, and what that means for residents and the environment, have painted a patchy picture at best. www.montereycountynow.com/news/local_n...

If a disastrous flood happens again, Pajaro will be better equipped to handle it.

At the gubernatorial debate tonight hosted by Democratic clubs/party orgs from Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito counties, described by their leaders as an historic first for this kind of tri-county partnership.

It’s too soon to tell how, and in which areas of Monterey County, farms may be impacted by SGMA changes, says Robbie Long of Braga Ranch. This year will be significant in formulating a set of projects and management actions to carry forward. tinyurl.com/286nkrbf

As the three-year anniversary of the March 2023 flood in Pajaro approaches, a new mural is complete, promising a symbol of a brighter future ahead.

I got to take part in a History Channel YouTube show about Big Sur’s Dark Watchers. It was a great experience. www.montereycountynow.com/blogs/opinio...

Planning on running for local office in June? Nomination forms are now available.

Some of the rough roads in North and South Monterey County will get work done in the near future.

An amazing resource for locals looking to get involved with social justice discussions, trainings, protests, etc — a calendar of What/When/Where courtesy @unitemontereyco.bsky.social: unitemontereycounty.net/social-justi...

Here to plug the California Local News Fellowship—an awesome partnership between newsrooms and State of California to fund early-career journalists. @montereycountynow.com is proud to host @katierodriguez.bsky.social (who rocks). New fellow application period opens today:

Busy news week here capped by a busy news day - hat's off to @pammarino.montereycountynow.com for breaking the news about a vote by CHOMP nurses to unionize then following through reporting on today's vote, plus a story about the new Kimpton hotel in P.G. (www.montereycountynow.com/blogs/news_b...)

‘National Shutdown’ brings protests to L.A., across the nation calling for the end of ICE violence

I’ve counted 17 publications that I’ve either worked for or contributed to across Monterey, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, San Benito and San Luis Obispo counties. So I was in a unique position to write this week’s cover story on the state of local newspapers.

Hello journos! We at @montereycountynow.com are excited to launch Salinas Valley Now this spring. We are hiring a full-time staff writer and a part-time editor. Please share among your networks, @mallorycarra.com @thelatinonewsletter.org www.journalismjobs.com/job-listings...

I was looking for ways to support the people fighting to defend dignity, safety and peace in Minneapolis, and a friend there posted this helpful link to mutual aid groups: linktr.ee/mplsmutualai...

Amazing underwater video by local divers at Monastery Beach showing a white shark swimming right past them — looks elegant from this angle more than fierce! From Dec. 30, 2025: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GO1...