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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.

January 29, 2025

Sheriff said she reopened King City investigation, but it didn’t happen CHP turned fatality case over to sheriff a decade ago

December 21, 2024

Royal Xmas poem is coming to town You better not cry or pout, but do watch out for the silly rhymes

November 29, 2024

Remembering 1974, when women weren’t believed Is MAGA trying to normalize rape — again?

November 14, 2024

Wellpath admits failures at Monterey County Jail Health care company also files bankruptcy papers

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

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