Monterey County

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Going underground: California business operates in secret amid pandemic restrictions

Many small business owners have taken legitimate operations underground during the pandemic. Owners say they’ve been unable to get by on government loans and stimulus checks.

经过 Kate Cimini • 1 月 22, 2021

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Do California ag counties hold solutions to Monterey County farmworker housing crisis?

Lea este artículo en español. In 2019, Monterey County sold more than five billion dollars worth of agricultural products, from cannabis to strawberries to leaf lettuce. It is, by far, the largest industry in the county.  However, that industry needs laborers on the ground. Tens of thousands of people plant, pick, and pack the produce that […]

经过 Kate Cimini • 11 月 23, 2020

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Evicted Monterey County renters face greater risk of contracting COVID-19

After 70 years in Monterey County, 87-year-old Mary Martinez moved in the middle of a pandemic, evicted from her modest one-bedroom, second-floor apartment at 1118 Parkside St. in north Salinas. According to her former landlord, Martinez was evicted because she allowed a “violent man” to live with her, violating the conditions of her lease. Martinez said the man is her epileptic […]

经过 Kate Cimini • 10 月 30, 2020

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Smoke, ash from River Fire raises questions about produce, farmworker safety

Industry experts say they hope the impact to consumers will be minimal, with little disruption to the supply chain.

经过 Kate Cimini • 8 月 27, 2020

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‘The perfect storm of vulnerability’: Protection in the fields doesn’t follow farmworkers home

When Jesus Francisco Meza Uriarte and Dian Alejandro Bienazul Atondo step into the van that will take them to a spinach field in Salinas each morning, it stinks of bleach. The van’s been sanitized between rides to kill any lingering bits of the COVID-19 virus. They ride to work, sitting at least six feet apart, […]

经过 Kate Cimini • 4 月 11, 2020

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Cities step in to halt last-minute evictions

Eufemia Aguilar has lived in her two-bedroom apartment on North Sanborn Road in Salinas for about 10 years. A garlic peeler at Christopher Ranch, she rises at 2:30 a.m. every day, packs her lunch and heads to work, leaving her 20-year-old son and 5-year-old grandson to sleep.  There are lots of problems inside her apartment […]

经过 Kate Cimini • 11 月 18, 2019

重要的事情

GM, Toyota, Chrysler side with Trump in clean air fight against California

GM, Toyota join forces with Trump in emissions fight. Desalination proposal draws backlash in Monterey County. Race is on to fill Katie Hill's seat.

经过 Dan Morain • 10 月 29, 2019

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Central Coast project would raise water bills, endanger aquifer, opponents say

Activists and local government officials across Monterey County have banded together to fight a proposed desalination plant that could double the cost of water for some residents and endanger an aquifer that serves low-income communities. Opponents say the plant could cause saltwater to seep into the Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin, the aquifer that provides freshwater […]

经过 Kate Cimini • 10 月 24, 2019

经济

How to become a farmer in California? Get a mentor

A new generation of small farmers in California—many with horticulture skills but little to no business background—are turning to nonprofit mentors to help them succeed.

经过 Julia Mitric, Capital Public Radio • 12 月 26, 2018

正义

For local governments, cashing in on cannabis isn’t going to be easy

California cities and counties are discovering a hard truth as they angle for a cut of the state’s newly legalized marijuana proceeds: Tax collecting in cannabis country comes with its share of obstacles. And there’s no “how to” guide.

经过 本·克里斯托弗 • 5 月 17, 2017