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WHEN BALLANTINE BOOKS PUBLISHED FRANCES MOORE LAPPÉ’S DIET FOR A SMALL PLANET IN 1971, the book attracted very little mainstream press. And why would it? The 26-year-old Lappé was a first-time author and community organizer who had just dropped out of grad school at UC Berkeley. Diet for a S…
College basketball is making a comeback on the West …
Not everyone can find a passion at a young age. But …
There’s a brand new project underway that aims to showcase the vibrant people and businesses of Seaside’s Broadway Avenue. It’s called Facing Seaside, and it’s being envisioned and created by fourth-generation local photographer Zach Weston and his partner-in-arts Jake Thomas, who brings wit…
It’s not what you think. These local skeptics are no…
Government boards typically go quiet the week before Christmas, but at the Monterey County Board of Supervisors, the Housing Authority of the County of Monterey and its nonprofit Housing Development Corporation, meetings were stacked up from Dec. 21-23. Officials were rushing to fix problems…
It’s an exciting proposal for Carmel: a world-class …
After an obstacle-filled 2020 legislative session th…
It’s not yet clear how much Covid-19 will impact our…
It was the driest of winters, followed by the wettest of winters. For the Central Coast, the last two years have been a tale of two La Niñas, the irregular weather phenomenon associated with cold oceans and dry air.
At first the trend was slow – a White Claw here or t…
Driving south along Old Stage Road through the Salinas Valley, you will pass by a number of different farms. Farms that grow food, mostly, with some viticulture and floriculture operations sprinkled in. Family-owned farms that have been here for generations. Families whose surnames are as fa…
When the pandemic started, restaurants, bars, gyms a…
Imagine dumping a garbage truck full of plastic into the ocean. Now imagine dumping a garbage truck full of plastic into the ocean every minute. That’s the equivalent of the 8 million metric tons of plastic waste that enter our planet’s oceans every year.
