2+ hour, 56+ min ago   (452+ words) ON CAMERA… Every time Squid oozes from Squid’s underwater lair to a public meeting or to pop into the Weekly office, Squid notices more and more license-plate reading cameras mounted around the county. Squid always winks one of Squidâ…...

2+ hour, 56+ min ago   (337+ words) Two years ago, California hit a milestone decades in the making: Nearly every person in the state qualified for health insurance, regardless of immigration status and income, pushing the state’s insured rate to a record 95 percent. Now, that progress is…...

2+ hour, 56+ min ago   (85+ words) Come ToGather… Monterey County NOW - Hendrick van Balen and Jan Brueghal the Elder There’s a new farm-to-table restaurant in Carmel Valley. Gather officially opens on Thursday, Aug. 6. serving Polish- and Japanese-inspired dishes (a nod to the family heritage of…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (416+ words) Oasis Charter Public School in Salinas is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Founded on a constructivist approach to learning, the school will serve a total of 175 students in the 2026-2027 school year, beginning on Wednesday, Aug. 5, according to Executive Director Lauren Ricker. “Oasis…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (271+ words) An investigation is underway after a video circulating social media reportedly showed a bull being physically abused during an event at the Salinas Sports Complex on Saturday, Aug. 1. The Salinas Police Department is investigating. In an Aug. 3 statement, the California…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (41+ words) Maurice Druzin | 0730 Monterey County NOW There was a problem reporting this. Keep it Clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, racist or sexually-oriented language. The mission of Monterey County NOW is to inspire independent thinking and conscious action, etc....

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (458+ words) SHIT STORM… Thanks to Squid’s preference for shrimp-flavored snacks, Squid hasn’t been anywhere near the pathogen that has sickened thousands of Americans with cyclosporiasis (although Squid has been unable to stay away from the phrase “explosive diarrheaâ…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (462+ words) Reba Wilson now has a staff of about a dozen at two bakeries, but she still makes cakes herself. “Making cakes—I love it, it’s my passion,” says the Sweet Reba’s creator. As a child, Reba Wilson loved baking. She…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (679+ words) Bad news. Hoping for a workaround somewhere/somehow (“Amid resignation and money questions, Osio board votes to dissolve and abandon theater revival effort,” July 22-29). Maya Hartman Rizzo | Monterey Perhaps the many fruitless attempts to revive the Osio have something in…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (173+ words) Members of the band Continuous Signal - A Pink Floyd Affair make it their mission to deliver the sights and sounds of a Pink Floyd concert, including a light show and lasers. Archival clips of the bestselling British band are also…...