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Full disclosure: I’ve known Roddy McKay, an old friend of my father’s, for all my life. In fact, like him, I was a child laborer. I helped build the addition to his Del Rey Oaks house while 11 years old, though $7 an hour was far more generous than the 2 cents a week he got (see story, p. 22…
Roderick Mackay’s earliest memories are of explosion…
ast Africa-based photographer Shannon Jensen threw d…
About 100 yards north of the Walker House, the only …
The Monarch Film Festival has returned for its third year with a big, fresh crop of films, many locally made. The fest represents the project of Pacific Grove filmmaking couple Cristiana DiPietro and Matthew Kalamane (who are expecting the birth of another project, their second child, any mo…
The dust has barely settled from Election Day, in wh…
It’s not just Jehovah’s Witnesses and vendors of ora…
Longtime nurse Margy Mayfield has been committed to …
Monterey Peninsula College provides opportunities to people who might not otherwise have them. “That’s what makes the school so vital,” says Rebecca “Beccie” Michael, director of the MPC Foundation. The Foundation creates opportunities for both students and the school by raising money to mee…
➔ The Monterey Museum of Art puts forth one of its d…
Monterey County is Ground Zero for most tonnage of p…
A lot of things changed when I became a father. Sleeping in became a phenomenon as rare as Halley’s Comet. Dinner transformed into a get-it-when-you-can activity rather than a relaxing occasion for wining and dining. Poopy tushies have been ingrained into my daily repertoire.
Last Feb. 22, a California State University-Monterey Bay police officer was called to a dormitory on a report of a student in the throes of a suicidal crisis. Between the time that officer reached the student’s door and the student was placed in an ambulance, there are only five people who know what happened inside that dorm room – and the stories diverge so wildly that, as of now, it’s impossible to know the truth.
At about 10:30pm on Nov. 27, 2013, Christopher Segob…
Follow-up: Would you ever adopt or foster a child?
They appeared an odd couple at first glance, so the …
Imagine a doctor writing a prescription for broccoli. Instead of going to the drugstore, the patient is directed to where fresh produce is available, like a farmers market.
Ian Martin is a Carmel-based wedding photographer. H…
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Lord Byron (1788-1824) wa…