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In 2013, a reclusive New York tycoon and his wife began buying up expensive Palm Beach real estate – lots of it. First they bought seven mansions for a total of $23 million. Then another four “moderately priced” homes for $8.4 million. Then five more for $23 million. None were purchased in t…
Home Free’s Rob Lundquist says it was initially diff…
CSU Monterey Bay purchased the National Steinbeck Ce…
At 6pm on Oct. 11, about 100 people gathered at Mont…
Any hope Pacific Grove residents opposed to short-term rentals had in joining Monterey and Carmel to ban them was dashed Oct. 18. That’s when the P.G. City Council continued to push forward a new ordinance that will allow 250 licenses – and also got into bed with vacation rental giant Airbnb.
A San Juan Bautista teen has a simple message to help solve a complex problem: No more straws.
In the mysterious and achingly beautiful depths of B…
Follow-up: What do you do on a daily basis to relax?
THOMAS KINKADE STUDIO IN THE GARDENOcean between Lincoln and Dolores, Carmel. 624-3363
There are two key reasons Kendra McKinley has earned…
Salinas Assistant Public Works Director Don Reynolds spent a recent Sunday morning pointing out dilapidated buildings on 6 acres along East Alisal Street. He was showing participants in the annual youth-led Ciclovía event where the rundown buildings would be replaced with a shiny new Salinas…
In the Monterey High School’s busy quad, Sanette van…
Razz is a form of stud poker, also known as lowball,…
SOMETHING SPOOKY… Squid has been working hard on Halloween costume ideas, but nothing seems right. Squid tried on a starfish costume, but too many tentacles were left in the cold, then a shark costume, but Squid’s friends swam away. Squid thought of dressing as a landlubbing creature, but th…
In the time of 18th-century slavery, British aboliti…
The nine-week-long NEA/National Steinbeck Center Big…
It’s been impossible for the past few weeks to pick up a newspaper or read an online news site without coming across stories of horrific sexual harassment…
Only an occasional turkey vulture interrupts the end…
ARIES (March 21-April 19): I share Vincent Van Gogh’s belief that “the best way to know life is to love many things.” But I also think that the next 12 months will be an inspiring time for you to be focused and single-minded in your involvement with love. That’s why I encourage you to take a…
