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Sidewalk murals encourage students to walk or bike to school – and street upgrades make it safer to do so.
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Sidewalk murals encourage students to walk or bike to school – and street upgrades make it safer to do so.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Jul 31, 2025

For kids to make it to class on time, there are many different ways: by car, bus, bike or foot. However they do it, making their way to school…

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The Facing Seaside project by The Weston Collective teaches youngsters commercial photography.
Arts & Culture

The Facing Seaside project by The Weston Collective teaches youngsters commercial photography.

  • Agata Popęda
  • May 22, 2025

For the fourth consecutive year, The Weston Collective presents Facing Seaside, a project and exhibit inspired by and devoted to local businesses.

Real change can happen when you get involved with your local government.
Opinion

Real change can happen when you get involved with your local government.

  • Sara Rubin
  • May 4, 2025

Sara Rubin here, thinking about what’s right in front of me: the community I live in. Especially while there’s so much tumult in the world and…

For Volunteer Appreciation Week, a reflection on the giving (and getting) that volunteerism brings.
Opinion

For Volunteer Appreciation Week, a reflection on the giving (and getting) that volunteerism brings.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Apr 21, 2025

Sara Rubin here, thinking about the fingerprints all around me showing volunteers have been here, improving parks and street corners, cleaning…

Photographer Nancy Sevier speaks about her work and curating 2025 PhotoCarmel.
Arts & Culture

Photographer Nancy Sevier speaks about her work and curating 2025 PhotoCarmel.

  • Agata Popęda
  • Apr 4, 2025

It’s the 2025 PhotoCarmel month and Salinas-based photographer Nancy Sevier—a member of the Center for Photographic Art’s board—is the one who…

Salinas Valley Health Board selects a Latina with community experience to fill an unexpired seat.
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Salinas Valley Health Board selects a Latina with community experience to fill an unexpired seat.

  • Pam Marino
  • Mar 24, 2025

The area that covers much of North Salinas of the Salinas Valley Health Care District, Zone 3, has a new representative on the SVH Board of Di…

Friends of Laguna Seca name motorsports management veteran Mel Harder as general manager.
Sports & Rec

Friends of Laguna Seca name motorsports management veteran Mel Harder as general manager.

  • Dave Faries
  • Mar 20, 2025

To say Mel Harder is a motorcycle guy doesn’t go far enough. He once told a reporter that he moved from Indianapolis to Austin with just his c…

The county’s Emergency Management director, Kelsey Scanlon, makes the best of the worst.
Face to Face

The county’s Emergency Management director, Kelsey Scanlon, makes the best of the worst.

  • Katie Rodriguez
  • Mar 20, 2025

Emergency planning and response services in Monterey County have evolved dramatically over the past 25 years. Wildfires and storms are more vo…

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