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A Few Feet Away review – Buenos Aires slacker tries to balance app life and real sex in vivid hookup drama

  • Phuong Le
  • May 19, 2026

Tadeo Pestaña Caro’s debut feature trails a young man’s compulsive screen time and his panic when faced with real intimacy

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Relentless Memory review – a vital oral history of the plight of the Mapuche people

  • Phuong Le
  • May 17, 2026

In Paula Rodríguez’s impressionistic documentary, an academic’s South American travelogue brings the painful story of a proud Indigenous socie…

EDIBLE: A Monterey man’s wine book, Taste, debuts with poetry, flavor and purpose.
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EDIBLE: A Monterey man’s wine book, Taste, debuts with poetry, flavor and purpose.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Mar 30, 2017

Late great Chilean poet Pablo Neruda’s “Ode to Wine” does a wine lover’s heart right. An excerpt:

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Mediterranean

  • Taryn Yudaken
  • Sep 8, 2016

Ocean Avenue between Lincoln and Monte Verde, Carmel.

CSUMB President weighs in on regional economy.
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CSUMB President weighs in on regional economy.

  • Nick Rahaim
  • Aug 25, 2016

Eduardo Ochoa came to CSU Monterey Bay in 2012, after working for two years for the Obama Administration in Washington, D.C. as the assistant …

A look at what people in Mexico City think of Donald Trump.
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A look at what people in Mexico City think of Donald Trump.

  • Bert Johnson
  • Aug 11, 2016

A writer visits Mexico City to find out what people have to say about Donald Trump – and his plan to build a wall.

Quick Bites: Big changes, pasta passion, mad juice.
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Quick Bites: Big changes, pasta passion, mad juice.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Aug 9, 2016

Over in Salinas, new Pastability’s (998-7715) fast casual concept, from the family behind Gino’s Family Restaurant Group, is in full swing.

Gary Bolen takes a bow with the personal politics of the musical Evita.
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Gary Bolen takes a bow with the personal politics of the musical Evita.

  • Walter Ryce
  • Jul 21, 2016

Knowing Evita is Gary Bolen’s final show as chair of Monterey Peninsula College’s Theatre Co. before he retires had me rooting for a win. A big win.

Chasing the perfect Mexican torta sandwich across Seaside and Salinas.
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Chasing the perfect Mexican torta sandwich across Seaside and Salinas.

  • Nick Rahaim
  • Jun 23, 2016

There was once a torta that carried a crisp, juicy, pounded-breaded-then-fried chicken fillet. It also held avocado with a heaven-sent proport…

Julia’s Vegetarian Restaurant
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Julia’s Vegetarian Restaurant

  • Daniel DeCamp
  • Jun 9, 2016

1180 Forest Ave., Pacific Grove

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