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Tia Sukin saw people living in their cars, and hatched an idea – then a program – to keep them safe.
It started with the kind of conversation many parents would simply dismiss as curiosity. Tia Sukin and her husband, Michael Fechter, had recently moved to Monterey in 2011, and their son, then 17, started asking what it would be like to be homeless. He asked them about the price of a can of …
Steven “Quazar” Goings works to bridge seemingly dis…
When Mike Heard quit his job to volunteer with the V…
She’s been the one singing in a Santa suit while scu…
Starting a band is full of logistical challenges – and that’s assuming you have the two most elusive elements, raw talent and good songwriting. You need bandmates with the right chemistry. You need luck. You need cash for gear and gas. You need a place to practice, which can be outright craz…
The Museum of Monterey just might get its groove back.
Take a moment to catch your breath and reflect on al…
You get the idea Paul Greenberg is accepting a dare when he puts on scuba gear and dives into the waters of Jamaica Bay – right at the filthy confluence of Brooklyn, Queens and JFK International Airport. He doesn’t find the naturally spawned New York City oyster he’s looking for that day, bu…
For 10 years, until 2010, Dr. Edgar Castellanos trav…
Don’t expect any flat facsimiles of The Rat Pack, Pe…
For years, gridlock has been the leading narrative t…
County Supervisor Lou Calcagno had to reschedule this interview because the cows got out. In 16 years as a county supervisor and 18 years as a county planning commissioner before that, he’s continued to manage his Moss Landing dairy, feeding his cattle every morning. But he did reschedule (a…
➔ In arts and culture, 2014 was a year packed with b…
A new state law, paired with a draft county law, is …
What would have Tweets looked like from the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival?
Work ethic is an American value that runs so deep th…
Part two of my list of the most meaningful stories o…
Follow-up: What’s a random act of kindness you’ve witnessed or done yourself?
Everybody eats. Only nobody can predict the stunners…
Jeffrie Price of Carmel keeps her tools in a seashell-encrusted box. Among the contents: scissors, glue, a glass inkwell, brushes and metal-tipped nibs. She comes armed with notepads of paper printed with grids.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Most salamanders reproduc…
