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MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND OF 2019 MARKED NOT JUST A MUSIC FESTIVAL FOR CALIFORNIA ROOTS, BUT A TENTH-ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE WILDLY SUCCESSFUL EVENT AS A BUSINESS. The festival at the Monterey County Fair and Event Center had come to draw some 12,000 visitors and gross $3.4 million in tick…
JEN HUNTER, DIRECTOR OF THE HASTINGS NATURAL HISTORY…
As if a pandemic wasn’t the least of the Monterey Co…
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THEY WERE THE GENTLEST OF CREATURES and thought all humans were their friends, especially the ones who came bearing gifts of carrots and apples and the occasional, very forbidden candy bar.
In the southern end of Big Sur, Salmon Creek and its…
A tree-ripened peach needs nothing but a place for t…
During the pandemic, there’s been an uptick in effor…
FREE SPEECHAs California’s legislative season came to an end on Aug. 31, there was a flurry of activity. One bill that passed on the last day, on a vote of 53-11 in the Assembly, is Senate Bill 776, which expands upon the landmark SB 1421. SB 1421 took effect in 2019 and provides public acce…
Loyal patrons of popular Pacific Grove brunch spot C…
At the entrance to Monterey County Superior Court, security guards ask if you have a fever, cough or sore throat and if you’ve been tested positive in the past 14 days for Covid-19. They point an infrared thermometer at your forehead to take your temperature before they let you inside. Yello…
The picture went viral almost immediately: Two littl…
Here’s a fun fact: The only dealcoholized wine to wi…
BREW CREW… Ordinances passed since the pandemic began have made things interesting for a lot of tap houses. In order to be able to sit and have a pint of beer, one has to purchase food (restaurants are OK, bars are not). This makes things difficult, but also presents an opportunity to discov…
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