COURT DRAMA… Squid did a double-take while reviewing the agenda for a Feb. 28 meeting of the Monterey Peninsula College Board of Trustees, after seeing there was a closed-session discussion
FREE SPEECHWhen Zoom-bombers dropped virtually into local government meetings last fall spewing racial slurs and racist tropes under the guise of public comment, city officials were caught off guard, stymied
Ojai City Council plans to vote at its Tuesday, Jan. 23 meeting on appointing a new city manager and its top pick is Ben Harvey, who most recently served as
By itself, the decision by the Pacific Grove City Council to part ways with former city manager Ben Harvey cost the city $437,999 plus six months of health benefits to
Carmel’s tab for the seven months its former police chief, Alan Ward, worked is a big one: It cost the city more than an estimated $364,200. That includes the cost