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TOM DIMAGGIO IS 96 YEARS OLD AND BLESSED WITH A FULL HEAD OF NEATLY COMBED WHITE HAIR AND A WARM HANDSHAKE. A fisherman for his whole career, he’s been retired for over 20 years and remains a vibrant member of the fishing community – only these days, the community is far from the dock and in…
The 2019 Oscars will showcase an industry in transit…
Three years ago, with the American Tin Cannery outle…
Over the past few years, U.K. native Greg Holden’s m…
There have been many interpretations and interpolations of Romeo & Juliet, with the title characters portrayed as African-American and Chinese, as senior citizens in a care home, as warring garden gnomes. Maybe the most famous is as rival gangs in West Side Story; the weirdest: as zombie…
A 21-year military veteran has a new mission: solving the local homeless crisis.
On Feb. 13, Seaside city councilmembers Dave Pacheco…
Like a great gumbo or jambalaya, the music called zydeco is a rich simmering stew of no less than five musical genres: blues, jazz, rhythm and blues, Creole and Cajun music. It’s beyond toe-tapping and head-bobbing – it moves the body and lifts the spirit. As the late, great zydeco pioneer C…
The occasional foul smell wafting into Marina has be…
Protesters who gathered at San Carlos Beach in Monte…
In Spring 2014 they offered stunning readings of Bra…
Miriam Pawel, a Pulitzer-winning journalist who’s wr…
WHO’S IN TOWN?Something as subtle as a word or turn of phrase can play a role in shaping the direction of a young student’s education and eventual career path. More blatant attitudes and policies can waylay entire groups – including women, people of color and LGBTQ+ students. TheSociology of…
Paul Fridlund and Cynthia Fernandes invite you to a …
It weighs in at about a pound and cost a whopping $400,000. (OK, it was $100,000, and then a $300,000 grant paid the rest, but still.) And Salinas leaders are hoping that within its 212 consultant-generated pages, they will find a roadmap to help the city out of the fiscal hellscape it faces…
Those unfamiliar with sour ales – and how could that…
Marina’s Salt Wood Kitchen and Oysterette celebrates what is local. Close relationships with fishermen, foragers and farmers provide prime picks for fruits, vegetables and seafood – the restaurant’s signature.
In the first novel about Sherlock Holmes, A Study in…
Many in the Jewish community view North American uni…
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In December 1915, San Diego was suffering from a drought. City officials hired a professional “moisture accelerator” named Charles Hatfield, who promised to make it rain. Soon Hatfield was shooting explosions of a secret blend of chemicals into the sky from the top…
