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At 98, Stanley Vernon Harlan is a trove of ways of life past, presented as tales in a new book.
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At 98, Stanley Vernon Harlan is a trove of ways of life past, presented as tales in a new book.

  • Agata Popęda
  • Dec 18, 2025

“It was the winter of 1932-33 that we had made plans to go to Monterey and celebrate Christmas at my grandmother’s house on Cypress Street. Th…

A tribute to John Walton, a historian who perfectly illustrated how narratives weave through time.
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A tribute to John Walton, a historian who perfectly illustrated how narratives weave through time.

  • David Schmalz
  • Sep 30, 2025

David Schmalz here. On Sept. 21, I attended the memorial service for Carmel Valley resident John Walton, who passed away peacefully July 1 wit…

Celebrating Monterey County’s 175th, and how it played a role in the state’s founding.
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Celebrating Monterey County’s 175th, and how it played a role in the state’s founding.

  • Katie Rodriguez
  • Sep 2, 2025

Katie Rodriguez here, reflecting on one year since moving here and how interesting and rewarding it has been to learn about Monterey County.

A grassroots group is applying to make Point Pinos in P.G. a national historic district.
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A grassroots group is applying to make Point Pinos in P.G. a national historic district.

  • Pam Marino
  • Feb 13, 2025

They failed to stop the sale of the former National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration building on Point Pinos in Pacific Grove to a priva…

Monterey’s Lower Presidio Park is owned by the Army but run by the city. Is that sustainable?
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Monterey’s Lower Presidio Park is owned by the Army but run by the city. Is that sustainable?

  • David Schmalz
  • Oct 24, 2024

Lower Presidio Park in Monterey is arguably the most historic place in all of California, as it was long inhabited by Indigenous people and wa…

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  • Feb 22, 2024

 

PART 3 of 4 | Observations on 19th-century culture and wilderness on the Monterey Peninsula by William H. Brewer.
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PART 3 of 4 | Observations on 19th-century culture and wilderness on the Monterey Peninsula by William H. Brewer.

  • William H. Brewer
  • Jan 11, 2024

Monterey~ May 17.

PART 2 of 4 |The contemporaneous letters of scientist William H. Brewer illuminate the rugged and relatively unpopulated Salinas Valley of the 19th century.
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PART 2 of 4 |The contemporaneous letters of scientist William H. Brewer illuminate the rugged and relatively unpopulated Salinas Valley of the 19th century.

  • William H. Brewer
  • Sep 28, 2023

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PART 2 of 2 | The Monterey Peninsula in 1879 was a region in transition—Californio culture, and land, was giving way to American culture and land sharks.
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PART 2 of 2 | The Monterey Peninsula in 1879 was a region in transition—Californio culture, and land, was giving way to American culture and land sharks.

  • Robert Louis Stevenson
  • Aug 3, 2023

Nothing is stranger in that strange state than the rapidity with which the soil has changed hands…

Monterey is the  caretaker of some of California’s most important history.  Can the city make that history more accessible to the public?
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Monterey is the caretaker of some of California’s most important history. Can the city make that history more accessible to the public?

  • Pam Marino
  • Jun 29, 2023

CALIFORNIA’S FIRST CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION CONVENED AT NOON ON SATURDAY, SEPT. 1, 1849, with 48 delegates gathered on the second floor of Co…

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