Press Releases

Governor Newsom announces early reopening of Highway One through Big Sur

Reopening at Regent’s Slide restores vital economic corridor for communities and businesses (January 14, 2026 Sacramento) What you need to know: Months ahead of schedule, Governor Newsom announced that Highway 1 from Carmel to Cambria in Big Sur has reopened after a landslide damaged the iconic and vital roadway. Before and after: Aerial views at […]

$2,000 Film Student Scholarship now open for Monterey County applicants

(Monterey, CA – Oct. 10, 2025) — Applications are now being accepted for the Monterey County Film Commission’s Director Emeritus Richard Tyler Film Student Scholarship Awards program. The deadline to apply is November 10, 2025 at 5 p.m. This year the program plans to awards students up to $2,000 in scholarship funds. For eligibility details […]

Monterey Bay “Voices” co-founder featured in national PBS documentary

The “Voices” co-founder Julie Reynolds will be featured in “Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink,” a documentary that premieres nationwide on PBS and the PBS app starting October 1.The film documents the fight of Julie and a nationwide team of journalists who, backed by their union, stood up to resist the devastation wrought […]