#monterey-county

#monterey-county

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.