August 28 — AS MORE people than ever paid more money than ever to stay in local hotels during Car Week, according to a Monterey County tourism agency, the auction houses that host major sales saw records fall as well. See Monterey, which is funded by taxpayers in Carmel and other Peninsula communities, reported countywide hotel occupancy ... Read More

August 28 — ALREADY BATTLING steep terrain, dense brush and shifting weather to stop a massive Big Sur wildfire from threatening communities, firefighters were forced to turn their attention to a second blaze putting homes at risk about 30 miles south. Big Sur Fire reported shortly before noon Wednesday that its crews were responding ... Read More

August 27 — THE MONTEREY County Board of Supervisors this week got an earful from dozens of impassioned residents opposed to a proposal by Sheriff Tina Nieto to spend $2.8 million on the installation of dozens of new automated license plate readers around the county. When supervisors were asked to approve a $2,781,000 contract ... Read More

August 27 — A HARDCORE group of child online safety advocates in the state Legislature was on the brink of major wins this month after years of trying — and failing — to change how Big Tech engages teens online. But when Meta’s groundbreaking $18 billion settlement with 48 state attorneys general was announced Wednesday, their path to victory became a little less clear ... Read More