#monterey-county

#monterey-county

On Friday, a family of four, among them 39-year-old Yuji Hu of Calgary, Canada, visited Garrapata State Beach, south of Carmel. Amid 15 to 20-foot waves, Hu's daughter was "swept off the shoreline" and into the ocean, the Monterey County Sheriff's Office said. Both Hu and the girl's mother entered the water to attempt to rescue her, but only the mother was able to swim back to the shore.

Across the county, shops and markets brim with goods drawn straight from the sea and soil, crafted by the people who live closest to both. These small producers - farmers, fishers, beekeepers and artisans - are turning the region's harvests into gifts that carry the essence of the coast: jams made from rescued fruit, sea glass shaped by the surf, lavender grown in sun-drenched valleys. Whether you're wandering a farmers market in Pacific Grove or stopping by a family-run shop in Carmel-by-the-Sea, you'll find plenty of ways to take home a taste or a whiff of Monterey.

For immigrant families like hers, Spanish-language news is not simply news translated from English; it's news tailored to their experience, identity, interests and background, explained Garcia, a professor at Cal State Monterey Bay. It doesn't take an expert in bilingual and bicultural education like Garcia to understand what it means for communities when these channels suddenly go dark. KMUV 23, a Telemundo affiliate, was the Central California Coast's only local, Spanish-language television news station.

The use of organophosphates - a type of agricultural pesticide linked to adverse impacts on children's brain development - jumped by 26% from 2016 to 2021 in Monterey County, a recent study found. This was despite the fact that, across California, use of these chemicals dropped after the state banned the most common one - chlorpyrifos - in 2020. Monterey was a major outlier, since only one other county, Santa Barbara, increased use, and only by 4%.

The new interactive dashboard allows users to find results of water and soil testing, including data collected across Monterey County since the January fire.

The Monterey County Sheriff's Coroner division identified the decedent Monday as 36-year-old Jesus Alfonso Duarte Figueroa of Watsonville, previously reported missing.