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    Monterey County officials confident about voting integrity — while state and national representatives continue to cast aspersions

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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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About Yajaira Garcia Meza

Yajaira Garcia Meza grew up in Soledad and Greenfield most of her life. She graduated from Greenfield High School in 2016 and is about to finish her Bachelors of Arts in Political Science, with a minor in Public Policy, at the University of California, Berkeley.

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