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.

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

November 14, 2018

On the fire front, let’s not wait until it’s too late

November 9, 2018

The Partisan: Election results challenge the status quo in DRO

November 7, 2018

The Partisan: For progressives, all is not lost Local election results fell into line as expected

November 1, 2018

The Partisan: Deceptive advertising is making a mockery of the initiative process

2019: The Year of Housing

Hostile action

Memphis bound

Next Generation

The Partisan: Public water advocates seek to unseat Potter

Love beyond borders

Securitization for whom?

Mozingo resigns

How to Save a Sea Lion

Books That Rocked Our World in 2018

Headlines we expect to see in 2019

Fred Hernandez and the Miracle of Santa Lechuga

Oh no, it’s time for more of those awful Christmas rhymes

Grandfather fire, father sun and mother earth

A Promise to the Virgin Mary

Gray Area Episode 05: A Gray Winter’s Tale

Drawing our way out of our housing crunch

A sacred light in the darkness

The Bush Card

The new face of water