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    A young Salinas resident recounts her journey through the mental health system

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    California lawmakers may limit childhood sex abuse survivors’ ability to sue

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    King City boy wants to become the future of music in Monterey County

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    Salinas officials are poised to cross the church-state divide

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    The Souls of Potter’s Field

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    BREAKING: Monterey County jail gets big money for helping ICE find targets

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    Pedacitos: Stories in the path of healing

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    In defense of immigrants

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    Celebrating the end to an injustice

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    Students talk about security in social media and how it might be improved

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    ‘Patients will suffer. Patients will die.’ Why California’s rural hospitals are flatlining.

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    A fight for justice

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    Sacred Rage & Rhymes

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    State watchdog to investigate why Monterey County ignored transparency rules and paid for slander defense

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    Building bridges, not walls

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    Travels with Corbett | Episode 2 of ELDERS

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    New Salinas City Council takes aim at recently approved Rental Stabilization Ordinance

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About Charlotte West

Charlotte West is a freelance journalist who covers education, criminal justice, housing, and politics. She is a member of the Education Writers Association and was a 2019 Kiplinger Fellow.

June 16, 2020

“We better be cute, right?” Creative mask making helps burlesque dancer/lingerie designer pay the bills

April 10, 2020

Delivering the goods Fees, police stops, and booming cannabis

March 23, 2020

Are Monterey Bay Area Hospitals Prepared for a Surge? Medical community gets ready for the worst

March 5, 2020

Update: UC Santa Cruz campus open today Entrances were blocked and classes were canceled on Thursday

March 5, 2020

Survival on campus UC Santa Cruz strike shines a spotlight on housing and hunger issues

February 27, 2020

Breaking: UC Santa Cruz terminates contracts for 54 graduate students Action comes after a wildcat grading strike

February 20, 2020

Charlene Carruthers’ Guide to Social Activism "Like the artist tends to their craft, we have to tend to the craft of organizing"

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