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A wet fog socked in Palo Colorado Canyon on the morning of Aug. 5, burn scars appearing only occasionally through the gray drizzle. The most threatening edge of the Soberanes Fire had moved east to near Cachagua, and at the Mid-Coast Fire Brigade station, Chief Cheryl Goetz was grappling wit…
The title track of Trace Adkins’ forthcoming 2017 Je…
A writer visits Mexico City to find out what people have to say about Donald Trump – and his plan to build a wall.
Matthew Miller was hiking in Garrapata State Park on the morning of July 22, the day the Soberanes Fire started. The fire stretched about 50 feet wide when he first laid eyes on it, he says. But he never thought it would grow into the nearly 70,000-acre beast it is today.
The moment could’ve been funny if it wasn’t so frust…
Seaside’s City Council has long been dominated by men. Three candidates aim to change that.
While they’re on shift, firefighters aim to get calories fast. Here’s a look at some of their favorite snacks.
A Pebble Beach woman and her family saw the demand for a crucial nonprofit and ran with it.
After Chris Caffrey raised her daughter and retired …
Moses Nyanhongo was born in 1981 into a family dynas…
At 12:30pm Thursday, Aug. 11, the Monterey Public Library puts on a free presentation titled “E-books Demystified” to answer all your questions about e-books, devices, and how to access their digital library. They’ll even provide one-on-one assistance. (They also offer such assistance 1:30-2…
Three out of four Latinos say they are not voting fo…
While the Appalachian Mountains and Norway are thous…
Follow-up: What should people appreciate more?
Brett Dennen’s single “Cassidy” from his 2016 release, Por Favor, extracts the essential elements of a summer fling with surgical precision. It’s salty skin, beach sunsets and bonfire nestling in an easy-listening package.
The U.S. campaign against ISIS that began two years ago – now 50,000 bombs and 20,000 dead ISIS fighters later…
If you listen to Donald Trump, you’d think that undo…
How a local Facebook group evolved from a marketplace to a one-stop-shop virtual community.
This community is no stranger to fire, or firefighting on notoriously steep terrain that demands heavy equipment and tons of personnel…
When a forest fire breaks out, the state incident ma…
Salinas City Councilman Jose Castañeda is a common s…
Facing the Soberanes fire head-on is not for the meek. Yet some long-time residents of the county didn’t run for their lives – they didn’t even move an inch.
Every time visitors come to town, I present the fact…
There aren’t many women in the seafood industry – le…
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Using scissors, snip off a strand of your hair. As you do, sing a beloved song with uplifting lyrics. Seal the hair in an envelope on which you have written the following: “I am attracting divine prods and unpredictable nudges that will enlighten me about a persona…
