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Immigration fears are harming public health
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‘They just took you away’
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Five questions about the crisis in local news
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Monterey County’s home kitchen program opens new opportunities
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Do art. Be kind.
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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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Here’s what the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ means for the Central Coast
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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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About Itzel Castro

Itzel Castro is a writer from the Salinas Valley. Her work focuses on the farmworker community in the 'Salad Bowl of the World'. She is finally home.

May 28, 2021

Mexican Doctors Arrive in the Salinas Valley Lending a helping hand with COVID-19 vaccinations

April 30, 2021

Climbing the cannabis ladder Latina moves up in a white man’s world

March 5, 2021

A Shot in the Arm Essential workers in the ‘Salad Bowl of the World’ are now being vaccinated