Over the past week, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and vehicles have been observed multiple times patrolling on County of Monterey property outside the Monterey County Jail in Salinas. They also patrolled nearby facilities, including outside of County-owned Natividad Medical…
A Local's Guide - The Netflix show was filmed in New Zealand, but the novel is deeply tied to real locations in the Salinas Valley. Read moreNovember 5, 2026
The nonprofit Chamber Music Monterey Bay has been feeling the ripple effects of a U.S. State Department that has been ramping up immigration e…
It has been 30 years since The Vagina Monologues first asked audiences to say the word out loud.
Waiting for Godot is especially interesting in our times, argues poet, actor and now director Brian Sheffield. People do really seem to be spe…
The work of almost 40 contemporary artists hangs on walls or sits propped against tables, with more in racks – paintings, mostly, but also pho…
Marin County-based artist Monica Loncola’s exhibit, On the Edge of the Pacific, is now on display in the Bird Gallery at the Pacific Grove Mus…
Raven Cook is one of three artists presenting within a collaborative art show, Fragmented Being, now on display at the Pacific Grove Art Cente…
There is something about a regular cup of coffee. In its warmth and simplicity is the power to gather, to share, to welcome and to bond. Perhaps these same qualities exist in a flavored latte or other careful barista-crafted cup, but TJ Ellis, owner of Six Over Coffee & Company in Monter…
In 1942 correspondent John Hersey joined Marines on a patrol into enemy-held jungle on Guadalcanal for what became the classic Into the Valley: A Skirmish of the Marines.
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