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About Royal Calkins

Royal Calkins is a semi-retired journalist, a former editor of the Monterey Herald, who writes for Voices of Monterey Bay. He lives in Half Moon Bay.

August 11, 2025

Salinas officials are poised to cross the church-state divide $100,000 of taxpayer money would be used to promote God’s 'inerrant word'

July 17, 2025

BREAKING: Monterey County jail gets big money for helping ICE find targets Some California counties say no, but Pam Bondi is trying hard to change that.

May 14, 2025

State watchdog to investigate why Monterey County ignored transparency rules and paid for slander defense County officials tipped the scales of justice

March 21, 2025

King City traffic death received slightly more attention than previously reported

March 20, 2025

Monterey County is friendlier to ICE than most local agencies Eleven inmates turned over to the feds last year

February 13, 2025

The U.S. needs more DEI, not less Time to teach Trump a lesson

February 3, 2025

Monterey County officials owe Christian Schneider a hearing Defamed by sheriff’s backers, he faced impossible political hurdles

February 3, 2025

Schneider’s FPPC Complaint

January 29, 2025

Sheriff said she reopened King City investigation, but it didn’t happen CHP turned fatality case over to sheriff a decade ago

December 21, 2024

Royal Xmas poem is coming to town You better not cry or pout, but do watch out for the silly rhymes

November 29, 2024

Remembering 1974, when women weren’t believed Is MAGA trying to normalize rape — again?

November 14, 2024

Wellpath admits failures at Monterey County Jail Health care company also files bankruptcy papers

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