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Tell us what you think Write a letter to the editor. PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. - In this seaside town, parking meters don't grant those magical few minutes on someone else's dime.

SEASIDE-MARINA EFFORT: A number of Seaside, Marina and Monterey-area businesses and groups have organized a hurricane-relief drive.2.7

The Pebble Beach Co. and its employees have launched a donation campaign to support the American ... Music-A-Thon planned Saturday for storm aid The American Legion Post 591 will host a Hurricane Katrina Relief Music-A-Thon on Saturday at 1000 Playa Ave., Seaside.2.7

Yes Sur: All the Big Sur-inspired art of Where the Land Meets the Sea is now showing at Galerie Plein Aire in Carmel.

A California Highway Patrol motorcycle officer was struck and seriously injured on southbound U.S. Highway 101 in Aromas Tuesday.2.9

Hurricane Katrina's wrath of death and destruction has brought the Red Cross into the forefront of the nation's consciousness.

FULL STORY The 48th annual Monterey Jazz Festival features jazz legends, old favorites and new faces in its 2005 lineup.1.3

Registration has begun for fall girls soccer sponsored by the Girl Scouts of Monterey Bay and the Salinas Valley Youth Soccer League.3.1

Twenty-two-year-old Chartwell School broke ground at Fort Ord on Tuesday on its first permanent home -- a campus designed to break new ground educationally and environmentally.2.7

Accomplished Sonoma-area painter Michael Whitlow had no interest in pursuing a career in business administration when he graduated from San Jose State University in 1969.

In a move that delays deciding the future of Monterey's Window on the Bay project, the City Council voted Tuesday to review scenarios that might combine two private businesses on the east Catellus property, ...2.7

Gilroy - Summer concerts have transformed a Fifth Street block into a night-time plaza, attracting scores of residents on Friday nights to hear music, eat and drink coffee.2.7

In this seaside town, parking meters don't grant those magical few minutes on someone else's dime.2.7

The Coast Guard boarded and inspected close to 30 vessels, many of them docked, in Monterey Bay over the Labor Day weekend in a operation that raised the eyebrows of some local boaters and the ire of one.2.7

When the first big storm of the season hits, volunteers will throw on their raincoats and galoshes ... Since 2000, the program has been recruiting volunteers to go to Half Moon Bay, Scotts Valley, Santa Cruz, Live Oak, Capitola, Monterey and Pacific Grove when the first major storm hits.2.7

People dance to music Sunday at the annual Greek Festival at Monterey's Custom House Plaza.2.7

When the Beechwood and Olsen Ranch developments on the east side of Paso Robles are built, they may look like the west side of the city, where the downtown area is located.2.7

The former acting director of the Hartnell College nursing program, Lydia Hampton-Stewart, has filed a new lawsuit in her long-running dispute with college President Edward Valeau.2.7

The Monterey County Sheriff's office is now accepting applications from local youths ages 14 to 20 for the Sheriff's Explorer Program.2.7

The Legislature has decided Monterey County residents should continue to have the chance to take the bus to a train station in San Jose.2.7

It's been 50 years since the Monterey Institute of International Studies was given birth in special but humble surroundings, a small staff teaching German and French at the Carmel Mission.2.7

Tony Marino of the Pacific Grove Police, demonstrates a hand held computer that is used to write parking tickets in Pacific Grove, Calif.7.1

You Can Help Victims of Hurricane Katrina Join Soft Rock KWAV 97 FM and Magic 63 AM on Thursday, September 8th from 5 to 7 pm at the Del Monte Center in Monterey for a benefit for Hurricane Katrina victims.2.9

Rejected by a lover, an artist overdoses on drugs, hallucinates that he is stalking the woman - first out in the country and then at a party.2.7

Toxic chemicals from an old Navy air station at the Monterey Peninsula Airport have been contained and cleanup efforts are proving successful, federal officials told residents of the Casanova Oak Knoll ...2.7

The new Muni fare hike went into effect today with little disruption to the morning commute in San Francisco, even as advocates of a fare strike urged passengers to board buses and trains without paying.2.7

The Monterey Police Department reports that a Kragen Auto Parts store manager was arrested for stealing several auto parts and accessories from his work around 4:20 a.m. Wednesday.4.2

Long-term price restrictions on homes built for low-income buyers came under attack Wednesday from several owners who say the American Dream of owning a home has become a nightmare.2.7

Parents Lara and Jeff Haas stood at the entrance of North Davis Elementary School this morning, with Jeff holding 2-year-old daughter Lindsay in his arms.2

Jury selection began Monday in connection with the murder trial of a former Marina man accused of raping and killing his sister-in-law. William Tyquiengco is charged with the murder of Starr Mooren, whose ...

She gets to shower about once a week. Same for sleeping in a real bed. She has three changes of clothes to last for more than a year.2.7

A member of the County of Monterey Marijuana Eradication Team carries seized marijuana plants past the growers' base camp Thursday in Los Padres National Forest.2.7

Hollister - Just when you were settled into your routine of frozen TV dinners and Chinese take-out, Dorothy McNett is back and ready to indulge your inner "foodie" once again.2.7

Tahoe Forest Hospice is looking for volunteers to help with Renee's Place, a program designed to help children in the community deal with grief and loss.

Lt. Phil Penko said officers stopped Michael Sobel on his bicycle around 6 p.m. after he ran a stop sign at Montecito and Hannon avenues.2.7