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Charles Chambers has been in Salinas for nearly 50 years. He moved to the area for work, and then became involved in his church and the community and it became home.
Car Week is not the only time fun car events come to…
For some, Juneteenth is a new holiday – the annual c…
With a housing crisis to solve, the state is expecti…
Americans are wrongly afraid of Karl Marx (1818-1883), who was just “a normal human being, tormented by boils on his backside,” says F. Howard Burnham, a producing member and “a tiny cog in a big wheel” of Monterey County Theatre Alliance. His upcoming performance is a one-man online show ab…
In every Cinderella story there is tension: Will the…
On June 16, 2022, representatives of the Monterey Ne…
FREE SPEECHHundreds of journalists walked off the job last week, on Monday, June 5, in a one – and two-day strike in dozens of newsrooms across eight states. The members of the News Guild are employed by Gannett, the country’s largest newspaper chain. (Gannett owns USA Today and hundreds of …
For more than two years, the city of Del Rey Oaks ha…
The age of consolidating corporate media hasn’t been…
City historian Jordan Leininger spent three years tracing the story of Buffalo Soldiers in Monterey.
In the late fall of 1902, a U.S. Army cavalry unit a…
What is the difference between good and good? Odd question, but Pelio Estate brings it up. The 2020 Rosé of Pinot Noir is floral and peachy on the nose, leaving you bathed in spring breezes. A sip brings the same appeal, but with notions of toasted spice and bruised fruit. The 2021 offers mo…
You can ask Chef Jerry Regester about the qualities …
Amid routine business at a North Monterey County Uni…
CHAMBER OF CONTROVERSY… Squid oozed out of Squid’s lair as soon as Squid heard there was politically charged drama brewing, shrimp-flavored popcorn at the ready. At the heart of the matter is the relationship between the city of Salinas and the Salinas Valley Chamber of Commerce – the latter…
My first semester at CSU Monterey Bay was one of the…
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries-born Vincent van Go…
CARMEL BAKERY TAKES MONTEREY… You can now get your hands on the incredible offerings of Carmel Bakery without a trip to Carmel. The European-style bakeshop has opened a new location in Portola Plaza so you can now get their coffees, baked goods, soups, salads and sandwiches in downtown Monte…
For years, Steve McShane was an elected member of Sa…