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    California’s child farmworkers: exhausted, underpaid and toiling in toxic fields

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

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

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

    Posted in Criminal Justice by Royal Calkins
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    Los temores a ICE están perjudicando la salud pública

    Posted in Español by Royal Calkins
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    ‘Te acaban de llevar’

    Posted in Español by Royal Calkins
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    With little apparent evidence, DA investigators question petition process

    Posted in Features by Royal Calkins
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    Programa de cocinas domésticas del condado de Monterey abre nuevas oportunidades

    Posted in Economy/Business by Royal Calkins
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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 Royal Calkins
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    Roughly 80,000 people in Monterey and Santa Cruz counties depend on SNAP benefits

    Posted in Features by Royal Calkins
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    When this California Spanish-language TV station closed, a news desert opened for Latino viewers

    Posted in Features by Royal Calkins
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    Immigration fears are harming public health

    Posted in Features by Royal Calkins
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    ‘They just took you away’

    Posted in Features by Royal Calkins
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    Five questions about the crisis in local news

    Posted in Features by Royal Calkins
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    Monterey County’s home kitchen program opens new opportunities

    Posted in Economy/Business by Royal Calkins
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    Do art. Be kind.

    Posted in Arts/Culture by Royal Calkins
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    A young Salinas resident recounts her journey through the mental health system

    Posted in Education by Royal Calkins
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    California lawmakers may limit childhood sex abuse survivors’ ability to sue

    Posted in Features by Sara Tiano
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    King City boy wants to become the future of music in Monterey County

    Posted in Arts/Culture by Royal Calkins
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    Salinas officials are poised to cross the church-state divide

    Posted in Features by Royal Calkins
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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.

October 14, 2020

The Partisan: Lawsuit accuses MPUSD of hiding the ball Records request seeks high school construction details

October 11, 2020

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September 18, 2020

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September 16, 2020

Cal Am pulls plug on desal plan Promises a better approach next time

August 24, 2020

How Jonathan Green became a Facebook star Explaining the River Fire to a nervous audience

August 12, 2020

Planning body says no to McShane’s Nursery pot plan Applicant Don Chapin likely to prevail anyway

August 4, 2020

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July 30, 2020

What if my opponent was a Dodgers fan?

July 16, 2020

The Partisan: Handicapping the Race in Salinas A process of elimination

July 3, 2020

Erasing our sins requires action

June 14, 2020

On a mission Campaign consultant’s crusade to clean up Monterey County

Yellow tape reading "Sheriff line-do not cross" separates the foreground from an area where multiple emergency response vehicles are parked with lights on in front of a residential area
June 14, 2020

Why are taxpayers paying for political slime job?

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