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Letters to the Editor | Oct. 1, 2025
Letters address diverse concerns including a recall petition in Sisters, debates over local development, political commentary on constitutional issues, and community responses to fires and economic challenges.
- On September 23, 2025, KION's newsroom was dissolved as KPIX took over, sparking community concern over the loss of local reporting and art-film coverage.
- Industry consolidation is shrinking local newsrooms as large media conglomerates prioritize profits, shutting stations nationwide and feeding stations in the Carolinas from metros 400 miles away.
- KION's reporting tracked regional crises like Moss Landing battery storage fires and Pajaro flood compensation, with readers warning these stories risk being overlooked without local reporters.
- Amid outrage, readers faulted the paper's placement of the story and criticized burying KION's closure on page 17, urging potential local agencies to replace KION's coverage.
- A correction about the documentary screening clarified the Sept. 27 film was Going Inside: Empathy in Action, and readers urged reviving downtown Monterey arts and reopening the Osio, closed five years.
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Total News Sources24
Leaning Left3Leaning Right3Center6Last UpdatedBias Distribution50% Center
Bias Distribution
- 50% of the sources are Center
50% Center
L 25%
C 50%
R 25%
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