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    A pesar de que el ejército lo niega, aumentan las evidencias de operaciones secretas de ICE en el sur del Condado de Monterey

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    Monterey County’s social services building is a money pit

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    Las detenciones de inmigrantes en Fort Hunter Liggett plantean preguntas sobre la participación militar

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    Despite Army denials, evidence mounts of secretive South Monterey County ICE operations

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    ‘I just trusted his uniform’

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    Immigration detentions on Fort Hunter Liggett raise questions about military involvement

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    People who spent time in Monterey County jail are in for a little cash

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    Local Catholic nonprofit gets state funding for immigrant legal aid

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    Monterey County supervisors return to proposed mental health facility

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    ‘Where the social justice movement was headed’

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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.

February 13, 2022

Spreading the political wealth In Monterey County, the big money is going into the race for sheriff and for a North County supervisor's position

February 2, 2022

A Weak Case Monterey County's ex-sheriff weighs in on oversight board proposal with wobbly arguments and off-based assumptions

Karen Ravn
January 15, 2022

Remembering Karen Ravn A life of pugs, math, greeting cards and genius

January 14, 2022

Nursing home under fire Special monitors sought to oversee Driftwood Health Care in Santa Cruz and 18 of sister operations in California on grounds of chronic understaffing, inadequate patient protections, inflated consumer ratings and false advertising

December 23, 2021

Royal’s Christmas poem

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December 23, 2021

Q&A with Justin Patterson Candidate for Monterey County sheriff

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December 17, 2021

Q&A with Joe Moses Candidate for Monterey County Sheriff faces questions about police sent to home

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December 1, 2021

Q&A with Jeff Hoyne Candidate for Monterey County sheriff

November 19, 2021

Neil L. Shapiro shed a light on government’s shadows First Amendment attorney died Saturday in Monterey

November 11, 2021

La campaña del alguacil del condado de Monterey necesita su atención antes de que sea demasiado tarde

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November 4, 2021

Q&A with Tina Nieto Candidate for Monterey County sheriff

October 29, 2021

Monterey County sheriff’s campaign needs your attention before it’s too late

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