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Measure N funds allowed the Pajaro Valley Health Care District to buy the hospital’s land and buildings.

The Aromas-San Juan school board changed the way its members were elected in 2022. That decision made it harder to find candidates for this election.

A $71 million federal grant will help the Monterey Bay area prepare for the effects of climate change.The California Marine Sanctuary Foundation won the grant, which was administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as part of the Inflation Reduction Act.

Salinas Mayor Kimbley Craig is not running for re-election. Three men are competing to take her place: a former mayor, the president of Salinas’ chapter of the League of United Latin American Citizens, and a current Monterey County planning commissioner.

Half of the local measures on the November ballot in Monterey County are for school district bonds. Selling bonds allows the districts to borrow money to repair and expand buildings and add science labs or technology to schools.

Thousands of workers across the UC system are gearing up to possibly go on strike, and they include more than 200 at UCSC.

Central Coast band Yeobo talks about music and making their debut video at the Flinstone House in Hillsborough.

Measure Z would put a two cents an ounce tax on sugary drinks in the city of Santa Cruz. Opponents have raised more than $1.2 million to fight it.

The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a ban on the sale of tobacco products and cigarettes with non-consumable filters, with the condition that two of the county's four cities approve.

In South Korea, just one mile from the heavily fortified border with the North, 400 people in a tiny farming village live a surprisingly normal life.

The agriculture-rich Salinas Valley and farming regions in South Korea have this in common: the changing economics of farming are scaring off a new generation.

Ballots and Voter Guides for the November election are being sent out to Central Coast voters and eventually to every Californian.

Construction has officially begun on a $600 million dollar project to rebuild the troubled Pajaro River levee system, nearly 60 years after Congress first identified the need.

Citing potential legal liability, Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed AB 2586, disappointing many undocumented students

Members voted to adopt three ordinances that limit rent increases, bolster anti-harassment protections for tenants, and make evictions more difficult

The 67th annual Monterey Jazz Festival will welcome over 300 artists, almost 30,000 fans, and one new artistic director to the Monterey Fairgrounds this weekend.

The city is touting its success in moving unhoused residents into stable housing. But lack of shelter remains an issue.

A new Santa Cruz City law will make it illegal for other communities to drop off homeless people without prior coordination with the city

Judy Collins Performs at the Rio Theater on September 10th.