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    Las detenciones de inmigrantes en Fort Hunter Liggett plantean preguntas sobre la participación militar

    Posted in Features by Royal Calkins
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    Despite Army denials, evidence mounts of secretive South Monterey County ICE operations

    Posted in Features by Royal Calkins
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    ‘I just trusted his uniform‘

    Posted in Features by Royal Calkins
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    Immigration detentions on Fort Hunter Liggett raise questions about military involvement

    Posted in Features by Royal Calkins
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    People who spent time in Monterey County jail are in for a little cash

    Posted in Features by Royal Calkins
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    Local Catholic nonprofit gets state funding for immigrant legal aid

    Posted in Features by Royal Calkins
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    Monterey County supervisors return to proposed mental health facility

    Posted in Features by Royal Calkins
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    ‘Where the social justice movement was headed’

    Posted in Education by Royal Calkins
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    Reversing the narrative: Lowrider car clubs come to Cal State Monterey Bay

    Posted in Arts/Culture by Royal Calkins
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    Yet another Christmas poem

    Posted in Arts/Culture by Royal Calkins
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    To protect underage farmworkers, California expands oversight of field conditions

    Posted in Agriculture by Royal Calkins
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    La veneración a Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe continúa, a pesar del temor de los migrantes

    Posted in Español by Royal Calkins
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    Salinas City Council moves forward with new rental assistance program

    Posted in Features by Royal Calkins
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    Veneration of Our Lady of Guadalupe to continue despite immigrants’ fears

    Posted in Features by Royal Calkins
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    Washington’s financial disruption means fewer teachers for Monterey County’s migrant students

    Posted in Education by Royal Calkins
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    Escasa vigilancia y pocas inspecciones dejan a agricultores menores de edad expuestos a pesticidas tóxicos

    Posted in Agriculture by Royal Calkins
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    Lax oversight, few inspections leave child farmworkers exposed to toxic pesticides

    Posted in Agriculture by Royal Calkins
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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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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.

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?

May 19, 2020

PG woman’s tragic story Don’t forget to move around during lockdown

May 12, 2020

Monterey County jury trials to resume June 1 Defense lawyers say it’s a horrible idea

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

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