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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

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.

April 4, 2019

The Partisan: Better than the best One guy’s version of "The Best of... "

March 28, 2019

The Partisan: Siren call Monterey County ambulance plan is cause for consternation

March 21, 2019

The Partisan: Transparency, a bridge and the water wars

March 13, 2019

The Partisan: supervisorial candidate McShane says he’s greener than you think

March 7, 2019

The Partisan: Salinas Valley’s next power grab Plus more Mozingo and lots of water

January 24, 2019

The Partisan: Newspaper takeover plan is bad news

January 17, 2019

Memphis bound In search of country ham

January 17, 2019

The Partisan: Public water advocates seek to unseat Potter

January 9, 2019

The Partisan: Carmel needs new counsel ASAP

January 7, 2019

Mozingo resigns Under pressure, Carmel City Attorney announces his departure

December 27, 2018

Headlines we expect to see in 2019

December 19, 2018

Oh no, it’s time for more of those awful Christmas rhymes It's Royal Calkins' annual Christmas poem