Hundreds of bird watchers from novice to veteran converged on the Central Coast for three days �"and nights �" of birding on the last weekend of September. They participated in the second annual Monterey Bay Birding Festival, increasing attendance to more than 600 people. “It proves there’s a huge interest in eco-tourism and birding especially,” said Dave Brockmann, one of the festival organizers. “It could be the next big thing for the Pajaro Valley.”...

In May, the storm clouds of controversy looming over a 211-home development in Aptos suddenly parted when the project’s developer...

Candidates for the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board are competing for what will almost certainly be a very tough job in the coming four years. Among the challenges, the Pajaro...

Getting a feel for the word on the street, City Council candidates have been walking the precincts and listening to voters. The future...