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Juana Hernandez, 67, and her husband, Ciro, 69, sit in their truck waiting to receive their first dose of Covid-19 vaccine. Medical personnel come up to the windows, sanitize the skin of their upper arms, and administer each a shot simultaneously, through either window.
Monterey County entered the Orange Tier on April 7, …
On Soledad Street in Salinas’ Chinatown, people live…
On Saint Valentine’s Day, on their 25th wedding anni…
Roughly two miles into the Pine Ridge Trail, after a winding trek that steadily, and sometimes sharply, ascends through Big Sur, is a shining emblem. The emblem, erected just off the path, tells me my hike so far – navigating exposed hill faces, climbing under coastal redwood canopies and gr…
On a sunny morning, about a dozen masked volunteers …
Of the $1.9 trillion coming to the American people f…
If anyone has a reason to hold a grudge against the …
Salinas resident Andrew Sandoval is part gadfly, part activist and part IIP – my acronym for “Incredibly Involved Parent.” He ran for the Salinas City Council’s District 5 seat in 2018, losing to Christie Cromeenes by 86 votes in a race that had high voter turnout. He now sits as a trustee o…
April 20 has long been a day for cannabis users to l…
The North County Fire Protection District is one the…
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER… Squid was scrolling through …
The U.S. military’s shift in resources squarely towa…
FREE SPEECHWho better to report on what’s going on inside our country’s jails and prisons than the people who are incarcerated there? The Prison Journalism Project trains incarcerated writers on journalistic principles, and helps them disseminate their reporting to an outside audience throug…
Covid-19 vaccinations are rising and testing numbers…
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Today I feel the whole w…
