Erik Chalhoub here, noting that the impact of Monterey County Gives! can be found in nearly every corner of the county, often where you least …
Celia Jiménez here, thinking about my interview with Dan Baldwin, the retiring president and CEO of the Community Foundation for Monterey Coun…
Bradley Zeve here. Every year, I’m reminded that Monterey County’s nonprofits aren’t just patching holes in the social fabric—they are testing…
The dangers of fentanyl and other opioids are well chronicled – in Monterey County, there were 138 deaths related to overdose in 2023, accordi…
In her youth in Castroville, Leticia Ibarra Anthony sometimes resented going with her family to work in the fields picking strawberries – she …
Agata Popęda here, with another arts and culture cover story in this week’s edition of the Weekly. For years I’ve been learning about the stru…
Up until earlier this year, I, Pam Marino, thought a good portion of my family’s history on my dad’s side began in Wales. That was the story I…
Bradley Zeve here. Community is an idea that most everyone I know cherishes and wants more of—a deeper sense of place, commonality and connect…
It was a pretty festive Zoom meeting on Monday, Feb. 27. And why wouldn’t it be; on the call there were 198 people representing a huge cross s…