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The Life and Times of John Q. Public
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A small festival with a big heart
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Un festival pequeño con un gran corazón
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The Partisan: Transparency, a bridge and the water wars
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Playing in Exile
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Canto a la patria desde el exilio
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Unnecessary trauma
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Death Penalty Paused
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War on Plastic
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Gray Area Episode 06: Unless Death Wants To Fight
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Woodstock West
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The Partisan: Salinas Valley’s next power grab
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Keep it Secret
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Jimenez & Lopez named women of year
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Fight over flights
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Home school
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Nonprofit noir
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Back for the future
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Shining Through Murals
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Live from Santa Cruz
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About Royal Calkins

Contributing writer Royal Calkins has worked for newspapers in Santa Cruz, Monterey and Fresno. For the past couple of years, he has produced a local news and commentary blog, the Monterey Bay Partisan. He can be reached at calkinsroyal@gmail.com.

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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

December 6, 2018

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November 28, 2018

The Partisan: Setting the Agenda for City Officials

November 21, 2018

The Partisan: New water board member professes neutrality on Cal Am takeover

November 14, 2018

The Partisan: Dragging things out in Carmel Mozingo’s resumé is not the only record we’ve requested from the city