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P.G. residents launch a NIMBY support group after failing to block recent projects.

P.G. residents launch a NIMBY support group after failing to block recent projects.

  • Staff Report
  • Updated Apr 6, 2026

After a favorable streak in Pacific Grove of residents forcing the abandonment of troubling recreational projects such as pickleball courts an…

Monterey High School senior Paris Charles represents the next generation of Black leadership.
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Monterey High School senior Paris Charles represents the next generation of Black leadership.

  • Aric Sleeper
  • Feb 26, 2026

To say that 17-year-old Paris Charles is an overachiever would be an understatement. The Monterey High School senior boasts a 4.4 GPA, serves …

Good Trouble Lives On protests set for Salinas and Monterey on July 17.
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Good Trouble Lives On protests set for Salinas and Monterey on July 17.

  • Pam Marino
  • Jul 16, 2025

John Lewis, the late civil rights activist and congressman, coined the term "good trouble" for the kind of trouble that's good to get into, li…

From the Super Bowl stage to the streets of Monterey County, Black leaders are rising up.
Forum | Opinion

From the Super Bowl stage to the streets of Monterey County, Black leaders are rising up.

  • Lisa Lewis
  • Feb 27, 2025

As we celebrate another Black History Month, we pay homage to our ancestors past and present while continuing to fight the good fight in what …

The local NAACP asked Ben Jealous, Sierra Club’s national leader, if he was willing to acquiesce to Chevron. He said no.
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The local NAACP asked Ben Jealous, Sierra Club’s national leader, if he was willing to acquiesce to Chevron. He said no.

  • Pam Marino
  • Sep 19, 2024

Pam Marino here, reporting on a tangled web of relationships involving a hometown son turned national leader, a respected local civil rights o…

What happens when a government watchdog gets elected to serve?
Local Spin | Opinion

What happens when a government watchdog gets elected to serve?

  • Sara Rubin
  • Feb 1, 2024

There are a few common metaphors about the unwieldy nature of government. Andrew Sandoval is familiar with them, but unfazed. “People think of…

The Junior League of Monterey County helps women take the lead in community activism.
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The Junior League of Monterey County helps women take the lead in community activism.

  • Agata Popęda
  • Nov 16, 2023

“Every league is different,” explains Renee Penalver, the enthusiastic president of Junior League of Monterey County.

Dirrick Williams’ anti-racism course centers students’ emotional responses to racism as a way to build co-conspirators for a more equitable world.
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Dirrick Williams’ anti-racism course centers students’ emotional responses to racism as a way to build co-conspirators for a more equitable world.

  • Tajha Chappellet-Lanier
  • Jun 8, 2023

THINK BACK TO THE SUMMER OF 2020. Months into an international pandemic lockdown, with the promise of vaccines still off on the horizon, we li…

A salary increase for Salinas Police inspires rage at two councilmembers.
Local Spin | Opinion

A salary increase for Salinas Police inspires rage at two councilmembers.

  • Mary Duan
  • Mar 25, 2021

On social media, the activist group Agents of Change made their feelings known following the Salinas City Council vote to approve a Memorandum…

An activist group in Aromas set an ambitious climate goal. Now a mining company is helping them get there.
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An activist group in Aromas set an ambitious climate goal. Now a mining company is helping them get there.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Mar 14, 2021

Part of this story begins in 1900, when MIT graduate Arthur R. Wilson started a quarry in Aromas, employing a team with picks and shovels to m…

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