SALINAS – A new cutting-edge agriculture research facility named for a long-serving Central Coast politician was ceremoniously opened with a ribbon-cutting on Friday. The Sam Farr United States Crop Improvement and Protection Research Center in Salinas is a 117,000-square-foot structure that builds on the existing agricultural research services lab that it replaces. The facility, which …
CHICO — A cold dip in temperature is forecast this week in the north valley against an upcoming winter season expended to trend warmer than normal. Temperature highs are expected to drop to around 60 by Tuesday with systems forecast to precipitate less than an inch and some snow in the mountains. National Weather Service …
Two separate complainants have filed lawsuits against Carmel Unified School District and its lead custodians for alleged sexual harassment. The custodians involved are former lead custodian at the high school, Roel Martinez and the lead custodian at the middle school, Gustavo Alvarado. Martinez retired from the district at the end of June and was paid …
The Pacific Grove Unified School District’s board of trustees unanimously approved Linda Adamson as the district’s next superintendent. The district’s board of trustees approved an employment contract with Adamson at its Thursday board meeting, the district announced Friday. “We are delighted to have Dr. Adamson join us to lead our district to new heights,” board …
OROVILLE – The city has launched a third survey to give the public another opportunity to provide feedback on a logo for the city’s new branding marketing campaign. The public survey was launched on the city’s website and Facebook page Thursday and will close to responses at midnight Monday. The first survey was conducted in …
SACRAMENTO — Many of the key officials who survived the Camp Fire lined up in front of the California State Capitol Building on Thursday morning to share their stories in recognition of the upcoming five-year anniversary of the wildfire. Megan Kurtz, who is the chair of the board of the Camp Fire Collaborative, opened the …
SALINAS – The Salinas Valley Health Board of Directors has named Dr. Allen Radner as interim CEO as it continues its search for a permanent replacement for outgoing President and CEO Pete Delgado. Radner Radner was named to the interim position by the board following a special board meeting on Wednesday. Radner assumes the role …
Suspended Chico State professor David Stachura’s failed effort to sue a colleague for libel has hit him in the wallet. A Superior Court judge has ordered Stachura to pay the California State University system more than $64,000 it spent to defend a lecturer he sued after she said at a campus-wide forum nearly a year ago that Stachura …
MARINA – Elected officials, funders and members of the veterans community will come together to raise the first wall in the project that will provide homeless veterans a place to live in perpetuity with no transitional requirements. On Friday at noon, EAH Housing, local officials and Veterans Transition Center partners in the Lightfighter Village housing …
MARINA – An event geared toward driving regional economic recovery and development is happening Thursday and will explore strategies for ensuring housing, reducing the digital divide and the impacts of policy and legislation throughout the region. Monterey Bay Economic Partnership’s 9th annual State of the Region will address key issues from 9 a.m. – 5 …