If you’ve spent any amount of time in a criminal courtroom of Monterey County Superior Court in Salinas, you’ve probably heard a judge rattle …
WHEN SOME 2,000 LEADERS FROM COUNTY GOVERNMENTS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES CONVERGED FOR AN ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. fr…
Everyone is offering post-election “if onlys.” Some are tactical: if only Harris had gone on Joe Rogan. Some are ideological: if only she had …
Compared to other obligations and privileges that the American government bestows upon us – getting a passport, serving on a jury, filing taxe…
Sara Rubin here, bleary eyed after a long election night. There’s the literal meaning to that—the wonderful journalists I work with here at th…
Celia Jiménez here, thinking about the new opportunities teens in Salinas will have to get involved in their community and city government.
There are plenty of cues that signal people’s political affiliations. Some are obvious – hats or T-shirts advocating a cause or candidate, for…
Last fall, when California launched the first-in-the-nation program called #CaliforniansForAll College Corps with 3,200 students at over 40 st…
Thank you for your reporting (“Pickleball, which might be the fastest-growing sport in the U.S., is both loved and hated in Monterey County,” …