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May 31, 2018

As the Big Sur community continues recovering from a crucible of fire and flood over the past few years, it is taking baby steps toward addressing what has become a vexing problem for the iconic destination: overtourism.

On Sunday, May 27, Parks Management Company, which manages the day-use parking lot at Pfeiffer Beach, turned away more than 1,000 cars from the top of Sycamore Canyon Road because the parking lot at the beach, which has 65 spaces, was full.


May 30, 2018

SEASIDE, Calif. - The American flag, escorted by three American Legion Riders across the country, was raised for the first time on Memorial Day at California Central Coast Veterans Cemetery.

Steve "Pops" Culver, Hy "Crash" Libby and Rick "Phin" Phinney rode the flag nearly 10,000 miles across the United States back in September, known as the "Epic Ride."

They ultimately took it to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery where it flew before being returned to the Central Coast.

Issues:Veterans

May 30, 2018

KING CITY — Soon-to-be high school graduate Christian Rose will be studying and training at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., in the fall of 2018 as he prepares for his military career.

Rose, the 18-year-old son of Francis and Tamara Rose of Fort Hunter Liggett Military Base, was introduced as a future student at the Academy last Monday night at the Robert Stanton Theatre in King City at the Associated Student Body Awards Night.


May 29, 2018

Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) has a familiar last name, but the first-term California congressman is learning the ropes in his own way.


May 28, 2018

Fort Ord >> The Epic Flag rode across the country on the back of a motorcycle, flew over the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery and at last has made it back home. The large U.S. flag flew over the California Central Coast Veterans Cemetery in its inaugural Memorial Day ceremony Monday morning.

"We had to fight a lot of battles to make this happen," state Assemblymember Anna Caballero said of the cemetery.

Issues:Veterans

May 28, 2018

On a bright Memorial Day morning, two men from Salinas and another from Prunedale hoisted up an American flag in Seaside -- sunlight gleamed through the stars and stripes as it rose.

The flag meant much more than a symbol of America to the men.

In 33 days, they'd crisscrossed the nation on three motorcycles, eventually flying the brand-new flag over the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.

Issues:Veterans

May 28, 2018

SANTA CRUZ >> Abigail Garcia, Morgan Scheiblauer and Emma Barsanti stepped up Monday to do their part in the 151st Memorial Day observance attended by more than 120 people at Evergreen Cemetery.

The trio, members of Girl Scout Troop 10116 in Live Oak, folded the American flag as Army retiree Chuck Woodson explained what each of the 13 folds signifies.

They heard Sungye Hawke, student minister of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Santa Cruz County lead a prayer: "We are grateful and we are free."

Issues:Veterans

May 25, 2018

CONGRESSMAN JIMMY Panetta and three other members of the U.S. House of Representatives traveled to the Korean Peninsula last weekend to meet with high-level officials and a U.S. commander about the possible denuclearization of North Korea.

During the trip, Panetta and his colleagues, Republicans Martha McSally and David Schweikert, and fellow Democrat Tom O'Halleran, met with South Korean Deputy Defense Minister for Policy, Yeo Suk-joo, to discuss diplomatic efforts to defuse the threat from North Korea.


May 18, 2018

CONGRESSMAN JIMMY Panetta last week proposed that Dreamers who successfully serve in one of the five branches of United States military should be given legal status, including the possibility of eventual citizenship.

While debating the National Defense Authorization Act — which authorizes military spending for fiscal year 2019 — Panetta proposed an amendment that would give immigrants whose parents brought them to the country illegally a chance for permanent residency and possible citizenship if they serve in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines or Coast Guard.

Issues:Immigration

May 9, 2018

Congressman Jimmy Panetta, the Democrat who represents San Benito County in the U.S. House of Representatives, released a statement on reports Homeland Security will more frequently separate families seeking asylum at the border.

The statement is as follows:

Issues:Immigration