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Seaside Police confirmed that images purporting to show ICE officers outside The Butter House restaurant were AI-generated fakes, and the department verified with federal authorities that no immigration enforcement was taking place in the city.
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Monterey Peninsula College will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony Oct. 28 to rename Building 10, its Welcome Center, in honor of Larry Walker, who spent 37 years at the college as a student, counselor and administrator.
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View MoreMonterey Peninsula College students logged 67,458 free bus trips in fiscal year 2025-26, a 25% increase over the EcoSmart Pass program's baseline year, according to an MST board report presented Oct. 12.
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View MoreThe California Department of Public Health lifted its warning against eating sport-harvested clams, scallops and oysters from Monterey County waters on Monday, Oct. 12, after testing showed domoic acid had dropped to safe levels, though the statewide mussel quarantine remains in effect through at least Oct. 31.
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View MoreMonterey Regional Airport will shift traffic on Olmsted Road toward the Long-Term Parking Lot entrance starting Monday, Oct. 19, as roundabout construction enters its final phase, and the airport is urging travelers to arrive 90 minutes before departure.
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View MoreMonterey County's Measure E on the Tuesday, Nov. 3 ballot would raise the hotel tax in unincorporated areas from 10.5% to 12.5%, projected to bring in $7.6 million a year for a General Fund facing deficits topping $100 million.
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View MoreFlock Safety license-plate reader cameras remain active in Monterey, Pacific Grove, Carmel-by-the-Sea and Seaside under separate city contracts even after the county ordered its 63 cameras removed, and the Get the Flock Out coalition is now pressing each city council and the DA to end those agreements.
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View MoreSeven candidates for Monterey mayor and City Council answered housing-focused questions at a YIMBY Monterey Peninsula forum Monday at Monterey High School, with the city facing a state mandate to permit 3,654 new units by 2031.
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View MoreCarmel High School junior Jasmine Jin, the student representative on the Carmel Unified School District board, has been denied the preferential vote required by California Education Code since August, with no resolution as of the board's Wednesday, Oct. 7 meeting.
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View MoreThe Pacific Grove City Council is set to accept verified petition signatures Wednesday that would put a charter amendment on the November 2028 ballot requiring voter approval for any changes to council and mayor compensation, months after voters rejected a council-referred pay raise.
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View MoreA Monterey Superior Court judge sentenced Esmeralda Hernandez Pulido, 36, of Salinas to three years and four months in jail after she pleaded guilty to four felony theft counts tied to a mortgage scam and a fraudulent tanda savings club that cost victims more than $1 million.
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View MoreMonterey County planning commissioners voted unanimously Sept. 30 to send a cannabis consumption lounge ordinance to the Board of Supervisors, a move four years in the making that would let the county's eight retailers offer on-site use.
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View MoreA new California law banning cities and counties from approving new private detention facilities reinforces Monterey County supervisors' 45-day moratorium on detention centers, both enacted Sept. 29.
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View MoreCarmel-by-the-Sea has declared a local emergency ahead of a potentially historic El Niño season, with city crews staging sandbags, clearing drains and inspecting trees, and two community preparedness meetings set for Oct. 12 and Oct. 17.
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