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One Monday evening in mid-March, I was having a lively dinner at the bar at Montrio Bistro with a local business leader as we discussed what lay ahead with Covid-19. That morning, a major tech convention in Monterey had canceled and more than 1,000 attendees would not be coming to town – not…
I’m scared. At 30 years old, I lost my job and had t…
As Covid-19 spread across the globe approaching pandemic status, Monterey County’s four hospitals were already planning for a surge of patients, including Mee Memorial in King City, the only hospital for a nearly 50-mile radius. The state required the hospital’s directors to plan for a 40-pe…
On a sunny afternoon in April, a Home Depot truck ba…
The coating on your frying pan that allows omelettes…
On December 12, 2014, James Kovacs II, was in between shifts as a 911 dispatcher in Salinas when he powered up special software to allow him to surf the internet anonymously. He proceeded to visit a hidden website called Playpen, registering an account under the username “somedummy.”
With more than 20 million Americans unemployed as th…
Excerpted from a story that was published on Jan. 23, 2014
In June 2018, the Monterey County Board of Superviso…
Summer camp is a rite of passage for kids and a necessity for working parents but, like every aspect of life since Covid-19, its existence this year is in jeopardy. Ever-changing government regulations and the uncertainty of when it’s safe to gather again have left city recreation leaders an…
Remember when they said if shelter-in-place worked, …
RED LIGHT, GREEN LIGHT… Squid’s used sheltering in p…
Just as restaurants were forced to close their doors…
NEW KID ON THE BLOCK… It wasn’t Liliana Rodas de Araujo’s plan to open her new cafe in the midst of a global pandemic. Nevertheless, she persisted. And we now have Cafe Guarani – a Paraguayan cafe and bakery in Pacific Grove. For Liliana and her family, who together run the restaurant, this …
ARIES (March 21-April 19): According to Aries author…
