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

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    Los niños jornaleros de California: agotados, mal pagados y trabajando en campos de cultivo tóxicos

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    Q+A: How Hawaiian princes brought surfing to Santa Cruz

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    Monterey County awards new $139 million jail health care contract

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    Los temores a ICE están perjudicando la salud pública

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    ‘Te acaban de llevar’

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    With little apparent evidence, DA investigators question petition process

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    Programa de cocinas domésticas del condado de Monterey abre nuevas oportunidades

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    Se estima que 80,000 personas en los condados de Monterey y Santa Cruz dependen de los beneficios del SNAP

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    Roughly 80,000 people in Monterey and Santa Cruz counties depend on SNAP benefits

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    When this California Spanish-language TV station closed, a news desert opened for Latino viewers

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    Immigration fears are harming public health

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    ‘They just took you away’

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    Five questions about the crisis in local news

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    Monterey County’s home kitchen program opens new opportunities

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    Do art. Be kind.

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    A young Salinas resident recounts her journey through the mental health system

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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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    Salinas officials are poised to cross the church-state divide

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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.

May 23, 2018

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May 16, 2018

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May 8, 2018

The Partisan: Scott + Steve That time when Scott Davis was endorsing Steve Bernal for sheriff

May 6, 2018

Campaign Conundrum Scott Davis consultant denies receiving money from previous campaign, but documents say otherwise

May 2, 2018

The Partisan: Sheriff candidates make campaigning entertaining but hardly illuminating

April 26, 2018

The Partisan: NRA Sees the Sunny Side of Tragedy

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April 24, 2018

The Partisan: Who should pick sheriffs, you or the party bosses?

April 17, 2018

The Partisan: Taxpayer group’s take on the Cal Am takeover measure is all wet

April 12, 2018

Public Water group formally accuses Cal Am of campaign violations and bullying tactics Interference with petition drive for public takeover alleged

April 12, 2018

The Partisan: A Curious Connection to Daryl Gates Carmel city attorney boasts of his purported role as a 'special counsel' to the late police chief

April 3, 2018

The Partisan: Seaside Race Transcends Youth It's all about development interests and the status quo

March 27, 2018

A Paper Trail Tale Carmel city attorney’s résumé is an intriguing mix of fact and fiction

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