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Two shadowy figures lean against a pale blue building and murmur to each other under a flickering light. Another walks past them, stamping out a grape Swisher beneath his Air Jordans before ducking behind a glass door. Two older women in matching bright windbreakers follow. Then comes anothe…
You probably haven’t seen much new fine art photogra…
For almost 40 years, the images stayed out of sight,…
A flatbed truck converted into a bus carried 55 brac…
Dozens of RVs and pickup trucks regularly line the streets of Seaside, many parked in residential neighborhoods. Come mid-June, the majority of those vehicles will no longer be parked legally, and it’s not clear where else they can go.
One of the conflicts of our age may be that technolo…
Michael Franti’s music has taken on several differen…
Twenty or so of us sit on black cushions arranged in…
Tourist season on the Monterey Peninsula unofficially begins on Memorial Day weekend, less than two months after Carmel City Council voted 5-0 to proceed with a new plan that would exclude all wood-burning beach fires. But that plan, which was more than two years in the making and would allo…
An outrigger canoe instructor reflects on the elements that make great athletes.
A remote corner of Monterey County transforms into a…
Last July, an electrical fire smoldered in the wall of Home Away From Home Pet Spa, a pet boarding facility in Monterey, and filled a back room with smoke. While the fire did no structural damage to the building, the smoke asphyxiated and killed 15 dogs, leaving pet owners heartbroken and a …
When the Monterey County Board of Supervisors meets …
Follow-up: What’s a controversial opinion you have?
I figured at some point during this election season, I might have to enter the federal witness protection program…
London-based artist and designer Roberta Graham is f…
Why does cannabis keep getting stronger? My toleranc…
ARIES (March 21-April 19): To convey the best strategy for you to employ in the coming weeks, I have drawn inspiration from a set of instructions composed by aphorist Alex Stein: Scribble, scribble, erase. Scribble, erase, scribble. Scribble, scribble, scribble, scribble. Erase, erase, erase…
