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2026 is shaping up to be a good year for Monterey County Free Libraries.
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2026 is shaping up to be a good year for Monterey County Free Libraries.

  • Agata Popęda
  • Jan 29, 2026

Despite funding chaos on the national level, local libraries are standing strong. The Monterey County Free Libraries system, with 16 branches,…

United Way Monterey County develops a tool designed to make life easier for people in need – and for the nonprofits that serve them.
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United Way Monterey County develops a tool designed to make life easier for people in need – and for the nonprofits that serve them.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Nov 13, 2025

ON MONDAY AFTERNOON, OCT. 13, A GROUP OF 20-SOME REPRESENTATIVES OF COUNTY AGENCIES, NONPROFITS AND POLICYMAKERS are gathered in a conference …

Toolbox 12.26.24
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Toolbox 12.26.24

  • Dec 26, 2024

’TIS THE SEASON

For a decade, a local organization has helped teens and young adults reach their potential.
831 (Tales from the Area Code)

For a decade, a local organization has helped teens and young adults reach their potential.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Oct 24, 2024

Finding a place to live, enrolling in school, securing a job or questioning sexual identity are just some of the many challenges teens and you…

Libraries are changing, and so does the way we experience them.
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Libraries are changing, and so does the way we experience them.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Sep 22, 2024

Celia Jiménez here, thinking about how much libraries have evolved over the years.

The ‘library of things’ concept is taking off locally.
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The ‘library of things’ concept is taking off locally.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Aug 20, 2024

Celia Jiménez here, thinking about the many different activities we can take part in at the library beyond reading books and magazines. 

Once without a place to call her own, Regina Lebel points the way for others in need.
831 (Tales from the Area Code)

Once without a place to call her own, Regina Lebel points the way for others in need.

  • Pam Marino
  • Dec 22, 2022

As Regina Lebel opens the door to her apartment, she is the picture of Christmas in a bright red cardigan sweater lined with silver sparkles, …

Getting help to chronically homeless people who reject it is an uphill battle.
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Getting help to chronically homeless people who reject it is an uphill battle.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Jun 9, 2022

Life is not easy for H. She is 85 and legally blind, and lives on Social Security checks that come each month. Those checks cover hotels for a…

Toolbox 05.12.22
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Toolbox 05.12.22

  • May 12, 2022

RESOURCE FAIR

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Toolbox 04.14.22

  • Apr 14, 2022

RENT AID

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