Michael Hoversen has joined international tomato processor SK Foods, Monterey, Calif., as chief financial officer.

Two young men ejected from a sport utility vehicle that crashed on Highway 101 in southern Monterey County were hospitalized in critical condition Thursday night.

Monterey County is set to receive $80 million in state funds to expand its long-overcrowded and outdated county jail, but there's still a catch - and it's a big one.