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    Monterey County supervisors return to proposed mental health facility

    Posted in Features by Karen Dorantes
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    ‘Where the social justice movement was headed’

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    Reversing the narrative: Lowrider car clubs come to Cal State Monterey Bay

    Posted in Arts/Culture by Karen Dorantes
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    Yet another Christmas poem

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    To protect underage farmworkers, California expands oversight of field conditions

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    La veneración a Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe continúa, a pesar del temor de los migrantes

    Posted in Español by Karen Dorantes
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    Salinas City Council moves forward with new rental assistance program

    Posted in Features by Karen Dorantes
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    Veneration of Our Lady of Guadalupe to continue despite immigrants’ fears

    Posted in Features by Karen Dorantes
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    Washington’s financial disruption means fewer teachers for Monterey County’s migrant students

    Posted in Education by Karen Dorantes
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    Escasa vigilancia y pocas inspecciones dejan a agricultores menores de edad expuestos a pesticidas tóxicos

    Posted in Agriculture by Karen Dorantes
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    Lax oversight, few inspections leave child farmworkers exposed to toxic pesticides

    Posted in Agriculture by Karen Dorantes
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    California’s child farmworkers: exhausted, underpaid and toiling in toxic fields

    Posted in Agriculture by Karen Dorantes
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    Los niños jornaleros de California: agotados, mal pagados y trabajando en campos de cultivo tóxicos

    Posted in Agriculture by Karen Dorantes
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    Q+A: How Hawaiian princes brought surfing to Santa Cruz

    Posted in Arts/Culture by Karen Dorantes
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    Monterey County awards new $139 million jail health care contract

    Posted in Criminal Justice by Karen Dorantes
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    Los temores a ICE están perjudicando la salud pública

    Posted in Español by Karen Dorantes
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    ‘Te acaban de llevar’

    Posted in Español by Karen Dorantes
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    With little apparent evidence, DA investigators question petition process

    Posted in Features by Karen Dorantes
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    Programa de cocinas domésticas del condado de Monterey abre nuevas oportunidades

    Posted in Economy/Business by Karen Dorantes
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    Se estima que 80,000 personas en los condados de Monterey y Santa Cruz dependen de los beneficios del SNAP

    Posted in Features by Karen Dorantes
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About Karen Dorantes

Karen Dorantes recently graduated from Rancho San Juan High School in Salinas and will attend Yale in the fall. This is her third summer with the Young Voices journalism project.

July 27, 2023

Sweet Summer Dreams Salinas graduating high schoolers take a break from school to work or explore what life has to offer

July 21, 2023

Overcoming ‘educational debt’ Other programs can help in the wake of affirmative action court decision

August 25, 2021

Emotions raw during Salinas school testimony Students deplore racist activities at Salinas High School

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