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    Regreso al hogar, a la tierra

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    Los campesinos en California y en todo el país lamentan la muerte de Mo Jourdane

    Posted in Agriculture by Royal Calkins
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    Farm workers in California and the country mourn Mo Jourdane

    Posted in Agriculture by Royal Calkins
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    Coming home to the land

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    Alebrijes y Nahuales traen color e historias a Salinas

    Posted in Arts/Culture by Royal Calkins
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    Finally, a statue for Ritchie Valens — in Iowa

    Posted in Arts/Culture by Royal Calkins
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    Monterey County residents come out against surveillance cameras

    Posted in Features by Royal Calkins
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    Mother of newborn Baby Angelita not being sought on criminal charges

    Posted in Criminal Justice by Royal Calkins
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    Alebrijes and Nahuales bring color and stories to Salinas

    Posted in Arts/Culture by Royal Calkins
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    Monterey County officials confident about voting integrity — while state and national representatives continue to cast aspersions

    Posted in Features by Royal Calkins
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    Fruit and vegetable aid program underutilized in Monterey and Santa Cruz counties

    Posted in Features by Royal Calkins
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    An idea born in an airport became one of Salinas’ most enduring nights of art

    Posted in Arts/Culture by Royal Calkins
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    Del Rey Oaks police knew in advance of ICE presence at Monterey Airport

    Posted in Features by Royal Calkins
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    Work at South County ICE facility temporarily paused

    Posted in Features by Royal Calkins
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    Private prison company sells two of California’s immigrant detention centers to the feds

    Posted in Features by Royal Calkins
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    Monterey County officials send a strong message to ICE: Get lost

    Posted in Features by Royal Calkins
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    The cameras Salinas approved in 2021 pose a danger to our community

    Posted in Features by Royal Calkins
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    Planned Gilroy detention center will increase arrests, advocates say

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    Monterey County settles suit against slow-moving owner of Quadrangle Building

    Posted in Features by Royal Calkins
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    Central Coast representative Lofgren arrives unannounced to inspect ICE facility in Mojave Desert

    Posted in Features 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.

May 14, 2025

State watchdog to investigate why Monterey County ignored transparency rules and paid for slander defense County officials tipped the scales of justice

March 21, 2025

King City traffic death received slightly more attention than previously reported

March 20, 2025

Monterey County is friendlier to ICE than most local agencies Eleven inmates turned over to the feds last year

February 13, 2025

The U.S. needs more DEI, not less Time to teach Trump a lesson

February 3, 2025

Monterey County officials owe Christian Schneider a hearing Defamed by sheriff’s backers, he faced impossible political hurdles

February 3, 2025

Schneider’s FPPC Complaint

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

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