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    Fruit and vegetable aid program underutilized in Monterey and Santa Cruz counties

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    An idea born in an airport became one of Salinas’ most enduring nights of art

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    Del Rey Oaks police knew in advance of ICE presence at Monterey Airport

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    Work at South County ICE facility temporarily paused

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    Private prison company sells two of California’s immigrant detention centers to the feds

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    Monterey County officials send a strong message to ICE: Get lost

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    The cameras Salinas approved in 2021 pose a danger to our community

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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

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    Central Coast representative Lofgren arrives unannounced to inspect ICE facility in Mojave Desert

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    Attorney General Bonta, Santa Clara County sue to block ‘illegal’ ICE facility near Gilroy

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    Monterey County health officials warn of harm to public health from H.R. 1

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    Akira Boch comes home to show documentary at El Teatro Campesino

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    Carmel’s Rumsen Indians ‘youth takeovers’ feature cultural vitality and creativity

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    A village raises a leader

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    We shouldn’t normalize anonymous accusations and taunting

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    Proposed public housing rule could kick hundreds of Central Coast children into the streets

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    CSUMB not reaching 2030 Carbon Neutrality Goal

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    ‘People are watching now’

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    Teen Moms Inc.: Helping young mothers navigate life

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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.

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?

August 31, 2023

Judge spanks Wellpath It’ll cost Monterey County inmate care provider

August 25, 2023

Monterey Peninsula school district accused of breaking fire-safety rules Suit filed by high school neighbors fighting stadium project

August 13, 2023

One side in Moses-Mitchell defamation case got a head start State law says non-financial conflicts are OK

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