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    Alebrijes and Nahuales bring color and stories to Salinas

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

    Posted in Features by Paul Wilner
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    Fruit and vegetable aid program underutilized in Monterey and Santa Cruz counties

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

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

    Posted in Features by Paul Wilner
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    Work at South County ICE facility temporarily paused

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

    Posted in Features by Paul Wilner
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    Monterey County officials send a strong message to ICE: Get lost

    Posted in Features by Paul Wilner
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    The cameras Salinas approved in 2021 pose a danger to our community

    Posted in Features by Paul Wilner
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    Planned Gilroy detention center will increase arrests, advocates say

    Posted in Features by Paul Wilner
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    Monterey County settles suit against slow-moving owner of Quadrangle Building

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

    Posted in Features by Paul Wilner
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    Attorney General Bonta, Santa Clara County sue to block ‘illegal’ ICE facility near Gilroy

    Posted in Features by Paul Wilner
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    Monterey County health officials warn of harm to public health from H.R. 1

    Posted in Features by Paul Wilner
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    Akira Boch comes home to show documentary at El Teatro Campesino

    Posted in Arts/Culture by Paul Wilner
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    Carmel’s Rumsen Indians ‘youth takeovers’ feature cultural vitality and creativity

    Posted in Features by Paul Wilner
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    A village raises a leader

    Posted in Features by Paul Wilner
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    We shouldn’t normalize anonymous accusations and taunting

    Posted in Features by Paul Wilner
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    Proposed public housing rule could kick hundreds of Central Coast children into the streets

    Posted in Features by Paul Wilner
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    CSUMB not reaching 2030 Carbon Neutrality Goal

    Posted in Education by Paul Wilner
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About Paul Wilner

Paul Wilner is a Monterey-based writer and editor who has worked for the Monterey County Weekly, San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle, The Hollywood Reporter and the New York Times. He grew up digging Bobby Darin, Sinatra and The Beatles.

February 14, 2019

Brown studies Miriam Pawel gives Jerry and Pat Brown their due in “The Browns of California.”

October 4, 2018

Bugging out in Big Sur Bobby Darin’s missing years

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