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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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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.

October 30, 2024

Way before Alden Global Capital banned political endorsements, The Monterey Herald stopped the practice Here’s why

October 23, 2024

Trump got off way easy at the McDonald’s fry station A former fast-food worker compares notes

July 12, 2024

Monterey County settles suit over alleged suicide of neglected inmate County to pay $1 million, Wellpath’s share of the settlement can remain private

July 9, 2024

Highly paid Monterey County sheriff’s sergeant gets his job back Colleagues testify that overtime rules are ignored

June 20, 2024

La Oficina del Sheriff reabre el caso “perdido” de muerte en King City Voces investigó el posible homicidio de Aracely Zavala

May 31, 2024

Sheriff’s Office reopens ‘lost’ King City death case Voices investigated the possible homicide of Aracely Zavala

May 30, 2024

Una muerte sospechosa en King City nunca fue realmente investigada Un ex detective dice que fue un encubrimiento

April 17, 2024

Defamation case from 2018 sheriff’s race could be over soon Plaintiff says accusations ruined his life

March 24, 2024

Suspicious King City traffic death was never truly investigated Former Monterey County sheriff’s detective says it was a cover-up

December 22, 2023

Another December? Another rotten poem

December 20, 2023

Como si las divisiones en Oriente Medio no fueran lo suficientemente profundas ¿Por qué un supervisor del condado está avivando las llamas de la discordia?

October 18, 2023

As if Middle Eastern divisions weren’t deep enough, Why is a county supervisor fanning the flames of discord?

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