Moss Landing News

Moss Landing, Calif- Methyl bromide has been commonly used as a fumigant for strawberry crops.

A Santa Clara County man at the center of a dispute between Monterey County Supervisor Dave Potter and real estate developer Nader Agha over a $10,000 check entered no-comment mode Thursday.

The deadline to submit proposals to build a highway-front hotel in Seaside adjacent to the Laguna Grande Lake came and went with no complete applications received, said assistant City Manager Jill Anderson.

North County Fire District firefighters extinguished a kitchen fire at the Moss Landing Cafe about 6:20 p.m. Sunday, officials said.

The eroding tidal wetlands of Elkhorn Slough will get the structural support they need, thanks to financial support from the federal government.

It is high noon for public opinion about a new water supply. The state Public Utilities Commission will hold local public hearings on July 13 and 14 in Monterey and Seaside on three competing options, all designed to reduce the over-pumping of the Carmel River and the Seaside Groundwater Basin.

The Elkhorn Slough Foundation has received $3.95 million in federal stimulus funds to support the Parsons Slough Project, a collaborative effort to preserve tidal marshes and other estuarine habitats in Elkhorn Slough.

MOSS LANDING, Calif- Here on the Central Coast we're used to seeing them-sea lions that is and now scientists are saying they are concerned because many of the younger sea lions appear to be under nourished.

Primary elements were front and center Tuesday at the Board of Supervisors meeting, as the board approved a controversial regional water agreement and agreed to consider a wildfire protection plan.

An overabundance of sea lion pups and an apparent lack of food has local animal rescuers racing to save them.

A confession to all: I cannot cook fish. I love to eat fish. I have the cookbooks.

A rare deep-water shark found Tuesday in Monterey Bay has been returned to the wild, only hours after it was put in an aquarium exhibit.

Visitors of the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California got a rare look at a deep-water prickly shark for three hours on Wednesday before it was released back into the ocean.

A rarely seen deep-water prickly shark was put on display at the Monterey Bay Aquarium for just four hours Wednesday before it was released back into the wild.

Researchers say surprisingly high levels of mercury have been detected in the coastal groundwater at Elkhorn Slough.

According to the California Building Code, which governs all things "building related" in this state, the BAFCAB is required to be made up of registered or licensed professionals from the construction sector and for appeals to them to be independent from the review of the Planning/Building Department.

Emergency responders from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, California Department of Fish and Game, Monterey County, and the Salinas Fire Department are working together to cleanup, investigate and assess environmental hazards that resulted from a May 29th explosion at a large warehouse in a Salinas, California industrial park.

Kim Solano has seen changes to Moss Landing occur right before her eyes. And she welcomes them.

The Monterey County Vintners and Growers Association will hold its 17th annual Winemakers' Celebration at noon Aug.

SUPREME BLOW... The California Supreme Court on May 26 decided that voters legally outlawed same-sex marriage through Proposition 8 . The much-anticipated decision doesn't dissolve the unions of 18,000 gay and lesbian couples sanctioned before the measure took effect.