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Carmel City Council opens a discussion on closing downtown blocks to traffic for open-air dining.
Eat + Drink

Carmel City Council opens a discussion on closing downtown blocks to traffic for open-air dining.

  • Pam Marino
  • May 13, 2020

When the day comes that dine-in eating is allowed to resume in Monterey County, some large restaurants might be able to make the economics wor…

Despite the rise of fake news, facts still matter.
Local Spin | Opinion

Despite the rise of fake news, facts still matter.

  • Mary Duan
  • Dec 8, 2016

President-elect Donald Trump is ensconced in his penthouse at the Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in New York, mulling over what should be done to Americans who burn the flag...

Weekly endorsements of local candidates.
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Weekly endorsements of local candidates.

  • Oct 13, 2016

The election-season ritual at the Weekly goes something like this: We invite dozens of candidates to our office in Seaside to tell our editori…

Local Spin | Opinion

As the Soberanes Fire rages on, it’s time to think about what’s ahead.

  • Bradley Zeve
  • Aug 11, 2016

This community is no stranger to fire, or firefighting on notoriously steep terrain that demands heavy equipment and tons of personnel…

You people and your MC Gives! generosity.
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You people and your MC Gives! generosity.

  • Mary Duan
  • Jan 7, 2016

I like to start the editing process by stripping away the adverbs, telling the writer that adverbs are not their friends and then going back in after the adjectives on round two…

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A review of stuff that mattered (to me) in 2015.

  • Mary Duan
  • Dec 31, 2015

5 The year started and ended with life and death.

The Buzz 07.02.15
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The Buzz 07.02.15

  • Jul 2, 2015

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Monterey Peninsula Foundation helps bolster 2015 Monterey County Gives! fundraising drive
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Monterey Peninsula Foundation helps bolster 2015 Monterey County Gives! fundraising drive

  • Mary Duan & Bradley Zeve
  • Jun 30, 2015

Monterey County Gives!, the Weekly's annual charity campaign that supports the big ideas of local nonprofits, may still be five months away fr…

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Fallout and reflection after my boss’ husband won the California Lotto.

  • Jun 4, 2015

A makeshift shrine now appears on the desk of Mary Duan, the editor of the Weekly…

A fan-turned – photographer stocks The Press Club’s first art opening with his music heroes.
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A fan-turned – photographer stocks The Press Club’s first art opening with his music heroes.

  • Walter Ryce
  • Jan 15, 2015

A music concert is a fleeting moment. An adventure in anticipation, freedom, music, emotion and release. An odyssey that can involve a crescen…

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