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Squid’s life isn’t easy. Sometimes the Wi-Fi goes out, meaning Squid can’t livestream City Council meetings and has to leave the lair. Sometimes Squid burns the popcorn. Sometimes politics get nasty. But through it all, Squid and Squid’s trusty sidekick, English bulldog Rosco P. Coltrane, ke…

The former Salinas City Councilmember reflects on her time in office and looks to the future.

It was an omen, a hint, a harbinger. At our booth sat Giuseppe Panzuto, author of arguably 2015’s best new Monterey County restaurant, il Tegamino. (I had it No. 2, by a strand of angel-hair pasta behind Gusto Handcrafted Pizza & Pasta.) Across from him was Joey Nguyen, the mind behind o…