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05/08/2024

Lauri Eberhart is a powerful figure in motorsports. She served as legal counsel for Charlotte Motor Speedway and Speedway Motorsports, which operates 11 racetracks. She is a founding member of Apollo Sports & Entertainment Law Group. She advises clients on…

05/07/2024

Sloan Campi here, waiting on a new record player to arrive in the mail so I can spin my recently acquired City and Colour album. The past weekend was pretty stellar for music on the Monterey Peninsula, and it’s poised…

05/07/2024

The two-year average it takes the County of Monterey to process permits for cannabis operations could hurt businesses that are already incurring fees such as rent as they await approval.

05/06/2024

Big Sur just cannot catch a break. Sara Rubin here, thinking about many perfect scones I’ve enjoyed over the years on the rustic deck of the Big Sur Bakery. The beloved restaurant burned down in a kitchen fire on Friday…

05/06/2024

You can’t easily visit Big Sur right now, but you can still show its residents and businesses some love on Tuesday, May 7 at the Big Sur Disaster Relief Fund’s benefit event. Guests at the event will be wined and…

05/06/2024

The County of Monterey is racing to get a draft housing plan approved as required by the state. The draft plan, called a housing element, was released to the public over the weekend. A public listening session was called on…

05/06/2024

Big Sur Fire Chief Matt Harris was sitting in the station and smelled the smoke even before a call came in reporting a structure fire. He and a colleague saw a black plume of smoke and quickly started suiting up.

05/05/2024

For more than half of Sunday’s Trans Am Western Championship contest at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Kyle Kelley was consigned to watch battles play out in front of him.

05/04/2024

Restaurants reach for Michelin stars to be identified as the crème de la crème of eateries. Now hotels have Michelin Keys to grasp in the first-ever list of most exceptional lodgings in the U.S.—and three Monterey County luxury hotels made…

05/04/2024

Sara Rubin here, flipping through a hefty, glossy magazine published along with the regular print edition of the Weekly this week.

05/03/2024

Michelle Nagai took the pole, Barry Boes led the TA2 pack, but after the checkered flag fell on qualifying at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca all eyes turned toward the weather forecast.

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