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Car Week approaches
Car Week begins on Friday. The annual 10-day celebration of “all things automotive” is expected to draw over 100,000 visitors, making it the largest event of the year on the Monterey Peninsula.
During those 10 days, traffic will be difficult, restaurant reservations near impossible and hotel rooms hard to find.
“That time period alone accounts for 5% of all occupancy for the entire year," says Rob O’Keefe with See Monterey.
He adds spending on lodging, including hotel taxes, is just the beginning of the economic impact. Car Week visitors support other businesses, boosting sales taxes for local governments.
"It generates, we're estimating, over $130 million in visitor spending.”
The event also raises more than $4 million for over 100 local charities.
If you are not attending any of the events and just want to move around the peninsula during Car Week, the county has created an interactive map. It shows each day’s events and locations along with real-time traffic video.
You can find the map here.
Improvements for Adelanto
The federal government has filed a court-ordered plan to improve conditions at the Adelanto Immigration and Customs Enforcement Processing Center.
The lawsuit that spurred the order alleged drinking water, meals and medical care were all substandard at the privately run detention facility in the Mojave Desert.
The government’s plan is short on details and included pushback.
Federal officials told the court Adelanto already meets many of the standards—a claim advocates for detainees dispute.
The government said they're working with the contractor on improvements. At the same time, federal lawyers plan to appeal.
That reporting from our partner, LAist.
