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Jeff Baron won’t seek another term

July 24 — ALTHOUGH HE pulled papers to run for a third term on the Carmel City Council, Jeff Baron on Tuesday announced he has changed his mind. But former councilman Bobby Richards — who withdrew from the 2024 race due to health reasons — said he’s throwing his hat in the ring ... Read More

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Navy school christens AI supercomputer

July 24 — NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang said this week that, until a short time ago, he didn’t know the U.S. military’s flagship applied-research university was a short drive from Silicon Valley. That changed when he sat next to Naval Postgraduate School President Ann Rondeau at an event last year for potential technology partners ... Read More

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Tribe gets 84 acres near Monterey airport

July 23 — WHILE MONTEREY County is home to no federally recognized Native American tribes, at least three tribes have been present here for centuries — and one of them, the Ohlone/Costanoan-Esselen Nation, last month was given 84 acres that were once part of its ancestral homeland ... Read More

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Dems press rewind on state pension reform

July 23 — SACRAMENTO LAWMAKERS appear eager to provide a cushier retirement for select public employees, despite the crisis it could create for future taxpayers. Two bills with bipartisan support that have sailed through the Assembly this year would undo some of Gov. Jerry Brown’s milestone pension reforms, which were put in place to alleviate a fiscal disaster California found itself facing almost 20 years ago ... Read More

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