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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.

November 7, 2019

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November 7, 2019

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October 28, 2019

BREAKING: Coastal Commission staff says thumbs down to Cal Am desal plan

October 27, 2019

Turning water into politics Monterey meeting Monday should be fun

October 21, 2019

Public officials say desal is a bad deal Dozens sign letter to state Coastal Commission

October 17, 2019

MPUSD decides to do full EIR on stadium project

October 11, 2019

Judge stops Marina desal work Villarreal cites 'current uncertainty' over source of water

October 4, 2019

Iowa jury rules against Seaside manager Newspaper prevails in defense of lawsuit

September 25, 2019

Defamation in Davenport, Iowa? Seaside city manager says newspaper made it all up

September 22, 2019

The First Wave Monterey County 8th graders begin their pilgrimage to Hamilton

September 19, 2019

Field of dreams Or neighborhood nightmare?

September 19, 2019

Be Safe out there Locals launch campaign to make gun locks and safes as common as pistols

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