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

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

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    A statement from Dolores Huerta

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    U.S. Army tells lawmakers they’re ‘not aware’ of plans for the Department of Homeland Security to ‘utilize’ Fort Hunter Liggett

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    State watchdog to investigate Salinas politico’s loan from David Drew

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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 28, 2022

Plea bargain shortened alleged Salinas killer’s prison time Common legal procedure has escaped wider discussion partly because its effects are difficult to evaluate.

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

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