Monterey Bay This Week

In this episode of Monterey Bay This Week, stories about an extended ban on red abalone harvesting, resisting Trump administration efforts to cancel research grants and move forward with offshore drilling and mining, and more.

Activists on the Central Coast used music, dancing, giant puppets and quilt-making to protest the Trump administration this year.

In this week's episode of Monterey Bay This Week, Cal State Monterey Bay hosts it's fourth annual gift drive for student-parents, a UC Santa Cruz program dedicated to preserving community history is ending just three years after its debut, and more local news.

In this episode of Monterey Bay This Week, stories from around the region include an ongoing investigation into an officer-involved shooting in Soledad, a story about local TV news, a Christmas walking tour in Monterey, and more.

Major layoffs in the Pajaro Valley Unified School District, local growers are unhappy with a Trump farm bailout, and new approaches for housing gain steam. That and more in this week's roundup.

Santa Cruz County officials approve a compromise on the long-debated Rail-Trail, Carmel bans pickleball, nonprofit Al & Friends delivers fresh fish to local residents facing food insecurity, and more in this week's local news roundup.

SPCA Monterey County hosted a Black Friday pet adoption event, CSUMB layoffs averted, and more in this week's local news roundup.