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    California lawmakers may limit childhood sex abuse survivors’ ability to sue

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    King City boy wants to become the future of music in Monterey County

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    The Souls of Potter’s Field

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    BREAKING: Monterey County jail gets big money for helping ICE find targets

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    Pedacitos: Stories in the path of healing

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    Celebrating the end to an injustice

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    Sacred Rage & Rhymes

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    State watchdog to investigate why Monterey County ignored transparency rules and paid for slander defense

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    Building bridges, not walls

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    Travels with Corbett | Episode 2 of ELDERS

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    New Salinas City Council takes aim at recently approved Rental Stabilization Ordinance

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    Honoring Humanity

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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.

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
May 1, 2020

The Cases A summary of prosecutor Ed Hazel’s 2007 letter to the Sheriff’s Department.

May 1, 2020

The Cop Who Bent All The Rules Monterey County narcotics detective who 'made cases' left a legacy of sketchy warrants, leaving suspects in the wind

March 19, 2020

The Social Distance What ‘Shelter in Place’ looks like in Salinas Chinatown

March 19, 2020

SWAT Team Party Got Out of Hand Commander denies moonshine was to blame

March 12, 2020

Luis Alejo and his tricky tweets Sowing confusion over raceway contract

March 5, 2020

McShane faces expensive climb Also, Marina duplicity and the silence of the sheriff

February 27, 2020

A life that might have been saved Deputy and coroner dropped the ball

February 20, 2020

Sheriff under scrutiny for using deputies to staff private events SWAT team protects sheriffs testing guns

February 10, 2020

Monterey County, where pot pairs well with politics Keeping the regulators on your side

February 10, 2020

A crowded field for Monterey schools

January 23, 2020

Are deputies being paid OT for private events? Monterey County brass won’t say

January 16, 2020

Skimming over Monterey County planning issues Officials don’t want to look too closely

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