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Letters to the Editor 09.11.25
Letters | Opinion

Letters to the Editor 09.11.25

  • Sep 11, 2025

Hopes and Prayers

The Diocese of Monterey finally weighs in on a school shooting – but why only now?
Forum | Opinion

The Diocese of Monterey finally weighs in on a school shooting – but why only now?

  • Bradley Zeve
  • Sep 4, 2025

Another back-to-school season, another mass shooting – this should not be what we accept as normal, ever. This one killed two children, an 8- …

A former KAZU journalist finds power in telling her story on her own terms.
Opinion

A former KAZU journalist finds power in telling her story on her own terms.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Jun 17, 2025

Sara Rubin here, wishing that I was here to tell a story of triumph, about a local journalist who’s taking her career in a creative new direct…

Salinas mother honors son lost to gun violence during National Crime Victims’ Rights Week.
News

Salinas mother honors son lost to gun violence during National Crime Victims’ Rights Week.

  • Katie Rodriguez
  • Apr 10, 2025

Six-year-old Azahel Cruz was in his Spider-Man pajamas, tossing out his ice cream bar stick in the trash can outside when he was shot in a dri…

Toolbox 10.24.24
News

Toolbox 10.24.24

  • Oct 24, 2024

ROAD WORK

Tools to combat gun violence. Plus, your Sunday Paper.
Newsletter

Tools to combat gun violence. Plus, your Sunday Paper.

  • Erik Chalhoub
  • Sep 8, 2024

Erik Chalhoub here with some sobering statistics. According to the Gun Violence Archive, there have been at least 237 people killed by guns in…

The Supreme Court’s decision to strike down bump stock ban means more people will die.
Forum | Opinion

The Supreme Court’s decision to strike down bump stock ban means more people will die.

  • Elie Mystal
  • Jun 20, 2024

We live in this most violently gun-addicted industrialized nation on Earth for one reason: Republicans control our Supreme Court. The gun viol…

Frozen Mitch
Cartoons

Frozen Mitch

  • Rob Rogers
  • Sep 1, 2023
Housing, mental illness and guns all converge for a horrible meeting.
Local Spin | Opinion

Housing, mental illness and guns all converge for a horrible meeting.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Jun 8, 2023

Some terrible things happen seemingly out of the blue – consider the story of Lucía Godínez Martínez, who on Saturday, May 20, was making brea…

An ordinary interaction on an ordinary day for a Black person can lead to tension and mortal fear.
Forum | Opinion

An ordinary interaction on an ordinary day for a Black person can lead to tension and mortal fear.

  • Lillian Johnson
  • Jul 21, 2022

It was in March 2022 around 1:30 in the afternoon when I stopped by a laundromat in Marina to wash my bath mats. I walked in holding the mats …

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