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Rep. Jimmy Panetta has announced that health centers in Santa Cruz County and San Benito County have received federal grants totaling more than $3 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Santa Cruz County’s share was $1.2 million.
Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Calif. will host an agricultural roundtable with House Agriculture Committee ranking member Collin Peterson, D-Minn., and House Agriculture Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee ranking member Jim Costa, D-Calif., on Thursday in Salinas, Calif.
MONTEREY, Calif. - The abundance of marine life and pristine coastline are just some of the marvels of the Central Coast.
The Federal Government designated the Monterey Bay as a national marine sanctuary in 1992 to preserve and protect ocean life for generations to come.
The Monterey Regional Airport is getting a big boost toward shedding more light on things.
The airport is receiving a $1.8 million federal grant from the Department of Transportation, Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) announced July 27. The monies will go toward updating the lighting systems for a runway and a taxiway.
Monterey >> The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced this week it would formally reopen the public comment period on a federal review of 11 marine sanctuaries and monuments, including Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, that could open the areas to oil and gas exploration.
WASHINGTON - The oil derricks off Santa Barbara can be seen from the beach, the scene of one of the nation’s worst oil spills in 1969 that inspired the first Earth Day.
If you couldn’t find the time to speak up on behalf of protecting our local coastal waters, you get a second chance.
On July 26—the day public comment on the matter was slated to close—the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced it would reopen the comment period, from July 31-Aug. 14, on Trump’s Executive Order 13795.