Ethan Baron, Monterey Herald

Ethan Baron

Monterey Herald

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Past articles by Ethan:

California extends local tax deadlines to match IRS

Residents and businesses in Santa Clara, San Mateo, Alameda, Contra Costa, Solano, San Francisco, Marin, Sonoma, Napa and Santa Cruz counties qualify. → Read More

Silicon Valley tech layoffs: Why so many jobs were slashed, and who’s hiring amid fierce competition?

A jobs bloodbath has followed explosive growth, but opportunities remain. → Read More

Bay Area big wave surfer sues State Parks and two rangers over alleged dog-related tasing, arrest

Yoda the chocolate lab entered the fray, surfer Shawn Rhodes said. ‘He was actually trying to lay on me when they were attacking me.’ → Read More

Biden lands in the Bay Area, boosts aid for storm damage cleanup

Santa Cruz County officials estimate $100 million damage, hope White House visit will help recovery. → Read More

Helping California companies adapt to drought, flood, climate change: Waterplan scientist Nick Silverman

As the state’s water supply falters because of too much consumption and not enough replenishment amid climate change and long-term drought, companies are paying increased attention to water, … → Read More

Major flooding in Santa Cruz Mountains as atmospheric river storm pounds Bay Area

San Lorenzo River hits second-highest level in 85 years, as Bay Area is soaked with another storm → Read More

Bay Area storms: Capitola begins to dig out amid “absolutely devastating” damage

Oceanfront restaurants red-tagged, wharf indefinitely closed in beloved Santa Cruz County locale as another storm looms → Read More

KGO 810 news-talk radio replaced by sports-gambling station The Spread

Cumulus Media touts ‘expert personalities’ and ‘plenty of sports smack.’ → Read More

Weed: Mill Fire destroys homes, injures residents, sends people fleeing

“I lost my house, my dogs, everything but what I’ve got on,” said a lifelong Weed resident who just barely escaped the flames. → Read More

Technology options to protect your home from fire

Recent fires, including the 2017 Tubbs Fire that crossed six lanes of Highway 101 and razed a flatlands subdivision in Santa Rosa, the CZU wildfires in the Santa Cruz Mountains in 2020 that torched… → Read More

Fire risk rising and spreading: How to protect your home

Recent fires, including the 2017 Tubbs Fire that crossed six lanes of Highway 101 and razed a flatlands subdivision in Santa Rosa, the CZU wildfires in the Santa Cruz Mountains in 2020 that torched… → Read More

Carmel company launches cat food with mouse meat in it

The four versions of Mouser are Field Hunter, with chicken leading the ingredients; Forest Hunter, with turkey leading; Pond Hunter, with duck leading; and Brush Hunter, with rabbit leading. → Read More

Masks for unvaccinated workers, not for vaccinated: new Cal/OSHA proposal

California’s tumultuous rule-making for workplaces is taking place amid polarized national debate. → Read More

Can firefighting drones save us from catastrophe?

Using artificial intelligence, drones would identify fires and drop retardant. → Read More

Big Sur park rangers fatally shoot armed man Saturday –

Rangers responded to reports of gunfire by suspect whose bullets caused no injuries, State Parks said. → Read More

PG&E fire-safety shutdowns: ‘We’re all freaking out about it’ –

The program, similar to one in effect in Southern California for years, has already raised concerns as health care providers, restaurant owners and others scramble to figure out how to power electr… → Read More

H-1B: More advanced-degree holders selected in this year’s lottery, feds say –

But the government has narrowed its interpretation of which degrees qualify applicants for specific job types, an immigration lawyer says. → Read More

Family seeks answers in hit-and-run death of San Jose man in King City –

‘He was my light,’ says heartbroken grandmother of man killed in King City. → Read More

Apple iPhone app, allegedly for selling cocaine and meth, leads to UC Santa Cruz student’s arrest –

Authorities allege they bought cocaine and methamphetamine via an app created by a young student. → Read More