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THERE IS A LOT OF TRIUMPH IN THE STORY OF MENDEK RUBIN’S LIFE. He innovated jewelry clasps that became popular and made him wealthy; he invented the lettuce-washing and packaging machinery that enabled Earthbound Farm to become a successful ready-to-eat organic salads company.
The good news: The partial reopening of commerce mea…
Excerpt republished from May 14, 2014
There was little in 20 years of retail experience that prepared Mia Cruz, owner of Bliss Boutiques in Salinas and Monterey, for what happened after the arrival of Covid-19. The day Monterey County’s shelter-in-place order went into effect, March 18, she shut her doors and laid off nine emplo…
In early March, Shirel Kahane-Rapport was sailing in…
What Maurizio Cutrignelli has in mind when he opened…
A good squid fishing season relies on a lot of facto…
The Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study published in 2017 found that at least 30 minutes of sustained physical activity a day gives you positive health benefits – and that activity can be a gym workout, walking to work, or housework. The first two may not be an option right now…
It’s as if they reside in separate rooms –
An old office building on the edge of downtown Monte…
As a volunteer, Victor Lurz helps run the water system for his community of 96 households off River Road in the Salinas Valley. The community relies on a well that draws groundwater from hundreds of feet below the surface.
The Wendy Root Askew volunteer celebration rally on …
Last week, as I was headed home from my daily shelter-in-place walk through Oldtown Salinas, one of the affable security guards who patrols the area stopped me and asked if he could show me some pictures. He held up his phone – social distancing protocols in full effect – and showed me a ser…
FORA FEW DOLLARS MORE… Squid has spent vast amounts …
A cannabis beverage is one accessible (and flavorful) way for newcomers to get in on the THC action.
Life during a pandemic can be stressful. That means …
ARIES (March 21-April 19): During a pandemic, is it …
