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MONTEREY — U.S. Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer on Wednesday named retired Vice Adm. Ann Elisabeth Rondeau as the Naval Postgraduate School's new president Wednesday.
Spencer made the announcement inside NPS's King Hall to an all-hands call audience of approximately 1,500 that included the school's faculty, staff, students and government officials Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Carmel Valley, and Brig. Gen. William Bowers of the Marine Corps.
COSTA CENTRAL, Calif. - El gobierno federal oficialmente publicó, el miércoles, la propuesta que busca negarles la
residencia a los inmigrantes que hayan pedido asistencia del gobierno.
Con esto, se abre el periodo de comentarios públicos durante 60 días para que las personas de la Costa Central y del resto del país expongan sus casos o razones sobre cómo esta regla de inmigración pudiera afectarlos.
SALINAS, Calif. —
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security posted a proposed rule change in the Federal Register Wednesday to deny permanent residency for legal immigrants who use public benefits, including food assistance, Medicaid, and Section 8 housing vouchers.
DHS will be collecting public comments for 60 days. Comments can be made by using the Federal Register's website.
MOSS LANDING — As Congressman Jimmy Panetta stepped up on the podium at a ceremony last week at Hester Marsh, pelicans glided behind him to a landing near bobbing otters. The flurry of wildlife underlined Panetta's message of just how crucial wetland habitat is.
"We want to show the importance of Elkhorn Slough not just to the Central Coast, but to the world," Panetta told the crowd of scientists, activists, and politicians.
MOSS LANDING — The wildlife of Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve made itself known Friday morning to a crowd celebrating the site's designation as a Wetland of International Importance by the Ramsar Convention.
Seabirds of various sizes and shapes passed by the ceremony, held at the reserve's Hester Marsh. Marine life swam through the slough itself and as Congressman Jimmy Panetta began to speak, a flock of pelicans flew in formation right overhead.
The 2018 Farm Bill expired Sept. 30, and Congressman Jimmy Panetta said that unless his House Agriculture Committee chair softens on President Donald Trump's new work requirements for food stamp recipients, farm programs will begin to suffer in the new year.
In an interview this week, Panetta, whose district includes half of Gilroy and all of San Benito County, said legislation like the Farm Bill, which is up for renewal every five years, needs bipartisan agreement to succeed.
A Central Coast nonprofit celebrated 15 years of work on housing, immigration and healthcare, including a primary-care program for undocumented immigrants, Sunday in Salinas.
More than 500 people attended the anniversary celebration of Communities Organized for Relational Power in Action (COPA), a coalition of 28 organizations throughout Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz counties, that focuses on community engagement.
Rep. Jimmy Panetta announced staff mobile office hours for veterans services from 1-3 p.m. Monday at the Cabrillo College Veterans Information Center, 6500 Soquel Ave. Building 900, No. 914.
Mobile office hours are an opportunity for veterans living on the central coast to meet with Congressional staff members, and are offered in addition to meetings in the Salinas and Santa Cruz Congressional offices. To schedule a meeting, call 831-424-2229.
Monterey >> An in-house survey of the membership of the Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce showed the top two topics of interest were an "available water supply" and "infrastructure investment," prompting the movers and shakers at the federal, state and local levels to address those issues among others at the 17th annual Leadership Luncheon on Wednesday.
At the rate the gender pay gap is closing, women in the U.S. can't expect to be paid equally until at least 2119. The sad reality is that women are paid 80 percent of what men are paid for the same work — and the gap is even worse for women of color. Black women make just 68 percent, and Latina women just 54 percent, of what their male counterparts earn. Women can't afford to wait 100 years for equal pay, so ahead of the midterms, Bustle asked all 529 current U.S.