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“Events are a real physical business – it’s like not having gone to the gym for the past year and a half.”…
It’s like George Harrison sings in “Here Comes The S…
Long-simmering conflict between community members an…
Langston Johnson has the uncanny ability to walk int…
“The vaccine doesn’t make the pandemic go away. For some people, they’re still afraid of spreading Covid to their loved ones if they’re not fully vaccinated”…
“In some ways it becomes isolating, but in other ways people found new and different ways to connect with each other.”…
“I build my community and my friendships off my work community. I’ve been missing that for over a year and I’m ready to socialize and make friends”…
“There is a tipping point when there is no one left for the virus to infect and it will go away, that’s what we’re aiming for”…
Peter Krasa is an unusual sort of runner. First, he says he’s never experienced a runner’s high. Second, he runs every single day and has been running every single day for – hold on to your butts – 23 years. Third, and the first bit of this will seem like a natural outcome of the previous re…
At the 2019 State Sheriffs’ Association conference, …
Its asymptomatic nature makes it difficult to catch …
FREE SPEECHThe world is watching Belarus after its government took unprecedented steps on May 23 to arrest a journalist by diverting and grounding a commercial plane with 120 passengers, and forcibly removing and detaining journalist Roman Protasevich and his girlfriend, Sofia Sapega. They w…
Mention Water City Roller Hockey to Marina residents…
The scourge of Covid-19 hit the agricultural area of…
WHINE AND CHEESE… Among other annoying habits, Squid’s former bestie Flapjack the Octopus moaned ad nauseum about what others should or should not be doing. Squid’s PTSD from being subjected to the repeated whining was triggered when Squid saw the lawsuit filed on May 14 in Monterey County S…
Holding a Back the Blue rally outside of Salinas Cit…
Monterey County is known for its wine and lettuce, b…
A year ago this time, as cities throughout Monterey County were staring down the early months of the pandemic and wondering how it would impact the bottom line as they worked on the next fiscal year’s budget, Seaside City Manager Craig Malin says he wasn’t sure the city would have enough mon…
After 10 years at the helm of Santa Cruz Naturals, w…
TO MARKET… Another outdoor gathering place has reopened in Monterey. The Old Monterey Marketplace is starting small, but they are working their way to fully reopening on June 15, the date the state of California plans to lift most Covid-19 restrictions. The market runs every Tuesday year-rou…
In an airy room, six women sit in a circle. They’re …
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Open your mouth only if …
