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Pacific Grove mulls a request to build a pavilion to honor the history of Chinese Americans.
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Pacific Grove mulls a request to build a pavilion to honor the history of Chinese Americans.

  • Pam Marino
  • Dec 28, 2023

Almost two years ago Pacific Grove officially said goodbye to the Feast of Lanterns, the town’s troubled faux Chinese pageant, beloved by some…

Pacific Grove diversity task force chair and council candidate apologizes for tweet.
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Pacific Grove diversity task force chair and council candidate apologizes for tweet.

  • Pam Marino
  • Oct 12, 2022

Like many private citizens who felt angry and upset over the recent upending of nearly 50 years of abortion rights in the U.S., Tina Rau took …

Pacific Grove City Council votes unanimously to apologize for burning of Chinese fishing village in 1906.
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Pacific Grove City Council votes unanimously to apologize for burning of Chinese fishing village in 1906.

  • Pam Marino
  • May 12, 2022

The Pacific Grove City Council voted 7-0 on Wednesday night to approve a resolution created by the city's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Task…

Former Feast of Lanterns board creates new Youth Ambassadors of Pacific Grove.
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Former Feast of Lanterns board creates new Youth Ambassadors of Pacific Grove.

  • Pam Marino
  • Apr 21, 2022

Two months after the board of the nonprofit Feast of Lanterns organization  announced it was voluntarily ending the tradition following intens…

Letters to the Editor 02.24.22
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  • Feb 24, 2022

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BREAKING: The Feast of Lanterns Board votes to end the Pacific Grove tradition forever.
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BREAKING: The Feast of Lanterns Board votes to end the Pacific Grove tradition forever.

  • Pam Marino
  • Feb 18, 2022

The light has finally been snuffed out of the Feast of Lanterns. The Feast's board of directors voted to permanently end the decades-long trad…

Pacific Grove City Council hears a resounding message to end Feast of Lanterns.
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Pacific Grove City Council hears a resounding message to end Feast of Lanterns.

  • Pam Marino
  • Feb 18, 2022

The message from over 30 speakers who called into a Pacific Grove City Council meeting on Feb. 16 was clear: It's time to end the Feast of Lan…

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  • Feb 17, 2022

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  • Feb 10, 2022

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After reckoning with the Feast of Lanterns, Pacific Grove should start over.
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After reckoning with the Feast of Lanterns, Pacific Grove should start over.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Feb 3, 2022

Change happens in broad strokes, and it also happens in the errata sheet of the city of Pacific Grove Recreation Board meetings. It’s in that …

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