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IN UKRAINE, THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTS ON SEPT. 1, AFTER TWO MONTHS OF SUMMER VACATION. In 2022, however, only those schools and kindergartens that are equipped with bunkers reopened, the Ukrainian Ministry of Education Serhiy Shkarlet announced. Some 59 percent of all schools and universities a…
Known to the world as a “thrillingly powerful” bass-…
Tiffany Orff is hard to locate. She is usually behind the closed gate leading to what the locals know as “the old Salinas shop” in the industrial part of town, right by the Salinas Municipal Airport.
Written for the stage in 2012, Three Threes: A Drama…
Colette Cuccia knows how to plan big events and proj…
SHORT-LIVED HONEYMOON… Squid has a tradition for welcoming new neighbors that includes bringing over Granny Squid’s famous shrimp pie. Maybe Squid should bring a pie over to CSU Monterey Bay’s newly hired president, Vanya Quiñones, who less than one month after her Aug. 15 start date finds h…
The city of Seaside and residents of Seaside Highlan…
Renters who qualify for federal housing vouchers bec…
For travelers making their way along Highway 1 in Big Sur, the vistas steal the spotlight. Eight emergency call boxes, situated along the east side of the 70-mile stretch of highway, go largely unnoticed.
A notice by the entrance of Mi Tierra went up in lat…
Although the debate over desalination as a water sup…
It’s been 41 years since the United Nations, an inst…
Some people celebrate their 29th birthday annually, pushing against the march of time. The Carmel Beach Great Sandcastle Competition is celebrating its 59th anniversary for the second time and is embracing the march – backwards – with this year’s theme, “Time Travel – Carmel Beach’s Past.” I…
For some, the meal selection comes before the wine s…
Where some people might have seen a shuttered restau…
ARIES (March 21-April 19): My reader Monica Ballard has this advice for you Aries folks: “If you don’t vividly ask for and eagerly welcome the gifts the Universe has in store for you, you may have to settle for trinkets and baubles. So never settle.” That’s always useful counsel for you Rams…
Last summer, getting vaccinated was promoted as the …
For years, there have been whispers about sexual har…
