In light of increased community fears about possible immigration enforcement actions in the Central Coast, civic leaders and elected officials recently spoke outside the Monterey County Government ...

Northern California’s most notorious prison and street gang has infiltrated a nationally known Salinas nonprofit organization dedicated to nurturing youth leaders. Public records and extensive ...

February 13, 2022 Spreading the political wealth In Monterey County, the big money is going into the race for sheriff and for a North County supervisor's position ...

UPDATE: This article, posted a week ago, states that four inmates had died in the Monterey County Jail this year, the most recent in June. But, unknown to Voices, another inmate was found unresponsive ...

April 25, 2023 How students are helping to get people out of prison In “Making An Exoneree,” students from UCSC and Georgetown bring investigation and storytelling together in the pursuit of justice.

March 4, 2022 A Disgrace to Decency Pattern of racist diminishment culminated in a fire that destroyed Pacific Grove's Chinatown in 1906 ...

Our July 2021 Young Voices Media Project was a hybrid of online and in-person learning. High school students from the Salinas Valley spent two weeks learning professional journalism and writing skills ...

December 27, 2023 The Davids in Appalachia fighting the Monterey Bay Area’s news Goliath A feisty team of lawyers and tenants are fighting the owners of our region’s daily papers — and sometimes, they ...

Monterey County sheriff candidate Joe Moses and two other sheriff’s commanders suffered a big loss this week when an appellate court reinstated a defamation lawsuit filed against them for falsely ...

January 11, 2023 Child’s Play Measure Q would have helped fund solutions to early childcare, but failed; supporters regroup, while opponents reiterate: it’s too vague ...

To lend his campaign some gravitas, Bernal made a big deal of his 10-year plan for the department. Six-plus years later, it remains mostly that, a plan. According to his critics, including three ...

Monterey, CA – 211 Monterey County is fully equipped to answer U.S. Census related questions. Monterey County residents can chat with a virtual assistant on 211 Monterey County website, text the short ...