Early in the first Trump administration, there was a lot of talk in Democratic-leaning Monterey County about “the resistance.” There were protests and marches and political strategy sessions.

The Monterey Bay Coastal Recreation Trail is a true gem of a bicycle path, 18 miles of pavement with only moderate hills, epic scenery and useful commuter connectivity between Castroville and Pacific Grove. I ride on it regularly for utility, and also for recreation.

Like other parasites, the protozoa Cyclospora cayetanensis has a mission to find a host, replicate then find new hosts. Cyclospora’s host is the human. Infection results in the nasty disease that can lead to days on the toilet and generally feeling like dirt. But one thing we have learned in…

A fact that should be shocking in the 21st century in the United States of America: It is not safe to drink the tap water in the South Monterey County community of San Lucas, and it hasn’t been since at least 2011.

There is something quaint about the idea of the neighborhood school, a place that kids can walk to, and that puts them in a classroom among their neighbors, with decisions about which school a child attends based on their address.

Like many Monterey County residents, especially in that era, Rick Johnson first arrived to serve in the Army. In his case, it was to study French at the Defense Language Institute in 1968.