February 9, 2025

Why my 5th-grade student cries when it rains Deporting border-crossers has many impacts

June 21, 2024

Tattoos now and then A reflection

April 10, 2024

I’ve lost two people to suicide recently Their deaths are making me re-evaluate the concept of dying by your own hand

January 19, 2024

Teacher, were you a racist?

September 14, 2023

Our rescue dog attacked a pitbull. What happened next was unexpected.

May 11, 2023

My conservative grandmother at a drag queen pageant

June 9, 2022

Six Weeks on the Polish/Ukrainian Border Local man volunteers to help refugees at the border of a war-torn country

February 17, 2022

The problem with designer dogs Winnie the French bulldog was bred for cuteness, but her health issues were abundant and fatal

December 23, 2021

Contestant 421 This is what happens when quarantine rules change mid-air

March 22, 2020

Stuck with the Kiwis The COVID-19 Chronicles: Pandemic prompts improvisation

January 17, 2019

Next Generation Salinas Union High School science teachers upset with program changes

November 7, 2018

Gun control is not so hard A gun owner touched by gun violence

Alebrijes and Nahuales bring color and stories to Salinas

Monterey County officials confident about voting integrity — while state and national representatives continue to cast aspersions

Fruit and vegetable aid program underutilized in Monterey and Santa Cruz counties

An idea born in an airport became one of Salinas’ most enduring nights of art

Del Rey Oaks police knew in advance of ICE presence at Monterey Airport

Work at South County ICE facility temporarily paused

Private prison company sells two of California’s immigrant detention centers to the feds

Monterey County officials send a strong message to ICE: Get lost

The cameras Salinas approved in 2021 pose a danger to our community

Planned Gilroy detention center will increase arrests, advocates say

Monterey County settles suit against slow-moving owner of Quadrangle Building

Central Coast representative Lofgren arrives unannounced to inspect ICE facility in Mojave Desert

Attorney General Bonta, Santa Clara County sue to block ‘illegal’ ICE facility near Gilroy

Monterey County health officials warn of harm to public health from H.R. 1

Akira Boch comes home to show documentary at El Teatro Campesino

Carmel’s Rumsen Indians ‘youth takeovers’ feature cultural vitality and creativity

A village raises a leader

We shouldn’t normalize anonymous accusations and taunting

Proposed public housing rule could kick hundreds of Central Coast children into the streets

CSUMB not reaching 2030 Carbon Neutrality Goal

About Paul Karrer

Why my 5th-grade student cries when it rains Deporting border-crossers has many impacts

Tattoos now and then A reflection

I’ve lost two people to suicide recently Their deaths are making me re-evaluate the concept of dying by your own hand

Teacher, were you a racist?

Our rescue dog attacked a pitbull. What happened next was unexpected.

My conservative grandmother at a drag queen pageant

Six Weeks on the Polish/Ukrainian Border Local man volunteers to help refugees at the border of a war-torn country

The problem with designer dogs Winnie the French bulldog was bred for cuteness, but her health issues were abundant and fatal

Contestant 421 This is what happens when quarantine rules change mid-air

Stuck with the Kiwis The COVID-19 Chronicles: Pandemic prompts improvisation

Next Generation Salinas Union High School science teachers upset with program changes

Gun control is not so hard A gun owner touched by gun violence