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California law enforcement agencies have entered an uncomfortable new world following passage of a law giving the public unprecedented access to previously private personnel records. Here’s how some Monterey County departments are responding – or not – to the public’s right to know.
“I like looking at ordinary things and seeing it. Mo…
Even though his current tour is deeply rooted in his…
On Feb. 21, a notice of trustee’s sale was published in the Monterey Herald that spanned three pages in the classified section, and included legal descriptions of 29 parcels contained in a 3.5-acre blighted property on Cannery Row. The notice announced a foreclosure on the property owned by …
If you’ve spent any time watching Shark Week, then y…
A CSUMB professor teaches something that’s not typical in a university setting: how to love.
Beginning in January, the Monterey County Weekly submitted California Public Records Act requests to the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office and the police departments, via the city manager or city attorney’s offices, of Salinas, Monterey, Soledad and Del Rey Oaks. In addition, other organizati…
In 2017, the Monterey Peninsula Unified School Distr…
Fruit Bats’ Eric D. Johnson explains with humility t…
The fire can’t be contained when the Chicano All Stars take the stage.
"I started off in the ’60s and I haven’t gone too fa…
Nothing like the promise of success to bring a commu…
Tiny house enthusiasts trace their roots back to Hen…
In hip-hop culture, a battle is a good thing. It’s a contest in which opponents display their skills – in rapping, DJing, breakdancing or beatboxing – to win the favor of a crowd. It’s fierce stuff that pushes people to up their game, raising the bar for the genre and culture.
Follow-up: What wild animal would you love to have a…
Robert Coppola is a documentary photographer and professor at Massachusetts College of Art, and he is coming to John Steinbeck Library 4:30-5:30pm Friday, March 1, during Oldtown’s First Friday Art Walk, to talk about his socially focused work on migrant farm workers of California. 758-7041,…
Freddie Gray. Michael Brown. Philando Castile. Oscar Grant. Stephon Clark. The names alone tell a story. Depending on who you are, they tell a story about grief and injustice, or they tell a story about the hazards of a dangerous job.
Cesar Gonzalez grew up near Puerto Vallarta, eating Jalisco-style food but not cooking it. Then his life took a turn for the kitchen when his brother-in-law opened Taqueria Los Gallos in Scotts Valley 13 years ago, and Gonzalez went to work for him. The duo opened a second Scotts Valley loca…
ARIES (March 21-April 19): South Koreans work too ha…
When we flip a switch or plug in our phones, we don’…
