Monterey County

According to the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, the goal is to keep humpbacks from getting entangled in crab gear as they return to feed along the coast.

A Central Coast wine company is packaging their products with paper bottles. It’s to introduce an environmentally friendly alternative to traditional glass wine-bottles.

After a survey conducted by UC Merced revealed a widespread mishandling of pesticides across the state, the US Environmental Protection Agency has now closed an enforcement case involving two Monterey County farms.

Some Monterey County residents are returning home after a series of winter storms brought damage to the County. It broke the region’s Pajaro Levee, causing widespread flooding throughout the Pajaro community, forcing residents to evacuate. Now the County is facing more rainfall and a prolonged cleanup process.

Last month, the Central Coast was hit with a series of atmospheric rivers. Now, FEMA is touring the area to register residents for federal aid.

With the worst of the winter storm now over on the Central Coast, Monterey County is still managing resources and recovering.

Over the past two weeks, young people from all over Monterey County have been participating in a new camp called Exploradores de Monterey, which staff say is an evolution of a long-running summer program in the area called Los Niños.

Andy D'Arrigo, patriarch of Salinas Valley family shares tales of the family's century-long trendsetting agricultural enterprises and how they introduced green celery to America.

Chris Sommers, managing director at the Monterey Plaza Hotel & Spa offers an insider’s recommendation for cool things to do and see around the Monterey Peninsula.

Rachel Dinbokowitz with the Monterey County CVB shares cool recommendations for things to do and see in Monterey County, California