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On Aug. 8, 2017, students and community members wearing brightly colored shirts that read “#SchoolsNotPrisons” filled rows of chairs at a Salinas Union High School District board meeting. In the back row, a handful of Salinas police officers and Chief Adele Fresé sat together. It quickly bec…
ON A GLORIOUS SPRING DAY, wisps of white clouds drif…
All around the Monterey Peninsula, and off of much o…
A few years ago, when I was a broke college student, I went out with a friend (who also happens to be Mexican) at the only decent taco restaurant in town. As we stood there jangling our pocket change, we contemplated which $3.95-$5.00 taco we were going to indulge in. My friend let out a sig…
A leap of faith for a pair of MIIS alums lands their family in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Follow-up: What’s something you wish you could tell …
The annual Steinbeck Festival returns this weekend, …
VENTURE GALLERY, 260 Alvarado St., Monterey. 372-6279.
Summer movie season started a week early this year, …
The intimate Seaside spot The Venue may be the most …
Jon Troutner, aka Harpin’ Jonny, is on a mission: to show that there’s more to playing the harmonica than the blues.
Hundreds of people descended on the Monterey Confere…
Any experienced real estate developer needs to be ab…
For 18 years, fiddler John Weed and guitarist Stuart…
In the unchartered territory of the burgeoning legal…
The You Will Rise Project was created seven years ag…
Our neighbors at El Teatro Campesino are putting on one of Luis Valdez’s greatest hits, La Carpa de los Rasquachis. It follows the journey of one Jesus Pelado Rasquachi, who leaves his family in Mexico for the “fortune” to be had as a bracero in the U.S., but is beset on all sides by inequit…
I was still in middle school 19 years ago when 12 st…
“Locals’ Favorites Wine Fridays” at Hofsas House Hotel Friday, May 4 features Bernardus Winery. Sip wine and snack on small-bite nibbles while supporting Peace of Mind Dog Rescue. $15, includes one glass of wine with additional glasses $5 apiece. Reservations required: 624-2745.It’s wine tim…
Colectivo Felix isn’t a restaurant in the traditiona…
Cinco de Mayo calls for a margarita or two. For the …
I hear the federal government is changing its tune about cannabis being illegal. Can you shed any light on this? - Fred R. Alley
