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Election 2020 Interviews: Carla Gonzalez, Candidate for Salinas City Council District 1
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Watsonville care facility reports COVID-19 outbreak
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Voices from the Fields
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Voces del Campo
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Call it the Fickas Fiasco
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Kneeling for Justice
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The VOMB Squad: Episode 10
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Cal Am pulls plug on desal plan
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Election 2020 interviews: Anthony Rocha, candidate for Salinas City Council, District 6
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Your One-Stop 2020 Meme Collection
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Addressing racial injustice at CSUMB
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The VOMB Squad: Episode 9
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In CAHOOTS in Oregon
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La enfermedad adentro
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Losing a Home in Boulder Creek
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How Jonathan Green became a Facebook star
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UC Santa Cruz Students Moved to San Jose State
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Conflagration
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Thousands flee CZU Lightning Complex fire
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An early warning in Santa Cruz County
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About Kate Woods Novoa

Since 1985, Kate Woods Novoa has lived in Big Sur, working as a public defender for Monterey County. She started the bigsurkate blog (https://bigsurkate.blog) during the 2008 Basin Complex fire and kept at it when she didn’t intend to.

September 10, 2020

Escape from the Dolan Fire Big Sur Kate packs up, heads out for safer pastures

June 26, 2020

Wildfire in the Time of Coronavirus The season is starting early on the South Coast

May 15, 2020

The Big Sur Tower? Feds unveil plan to move surveillance equipment to the South Coast

April 21, 2020

Closing down nature Shutting trails and roads in Big Sur a tough call

March 19, 2020

From Overtourism to Ghost Town Big Sur residents hunker down for shelter in place

February 13, 2020

The Ballad of Kit and Rachel In Big Sur, dog lovers do what they can to help strays

January 2, 2020

They look out for us The lonely life on remote towers