This week the Monterey County Board of Supervisors pulled its support for a planned transit center on Fort Ord. It’s a victory for a group that aims to preserve recreation on the former Fort.
Even in this area we call the salad bowl of the world, there are food deserts -- areas where fresh produce isn’t easily accessible. Now there’s a new effort underway to reach these food deserts. It begins with farmers at the annual EcoFarm Confernce.
On a recent visit to the Monterey Bay Area, Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar voiced his support for making Fort Ord lands a National Monument. KAZU’s Krista Almanzan reports on what monument status would mean and what’s next.