AltWeeklies Wire
Nation’s Richest Winemaker Builds County’s Biggest Solar Systemnew
Sunshine has been turning grapes into raisins for thousands of years. Now, it’s turning them into wine.
Monterey County Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
02-19-2009 |
Business & Labor
Tags: solar energy, Constellation Wines
Union Shakeupnew
SEIU dissolves a California local and fires longtime field rep.
Monterey County Weekly |
Jessica Lyons |
03-08-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Big Boxing Matchnew
Wal-Mart foes pressure a California city to ban larger models of big box stores.
Monterey County Weekly |
Zachary Stahl |
02-15-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Night Shiftnew
Working the graveyard with the folks who don't sleep.
Monterey County Weekly |
Stuart Thornton |
11-16-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Cola Warsnew
In Mexico, Coke and Pepsi battle for peasants' souls.
Monterey County Weekly |
Beverly Bell |
10-19-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The Big Pinchnew
Health care benefits take center stage in a Monterey hospitality labor impasse.
Monterey County Weekly |
Raul Vasquez |
08-31-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Robofarmnew
Technological innovation pushes agriculture toward a brave new world.
Monterey County Weekly |
Raul Vasquez |
07-27-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Gas, Sweat and Tearsnew

Mehdi Shahbazi is fighting Shell in court over signs he put up at his gas station accusing them of price gouging -- and for that, Shell has crippled his business and put him on the verge of homelessness.
Monterey County Weekly |
Raul Vasquez |
05-09-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Stiffed In the Fieldsnew

California farmworkers file lawsuits against Dole Food Company and Diversified Harvester.
Monterey County Weekly |
Raul Vasquez |
03-28-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor