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Songwriters Ramblin’ Jack Elliott and John Prine perform in Monterey.
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Songwriters Ramblin’ Jack Elliott and John Prine perform in Monterey.

  • Adam Joseph
  • Dec 8, 2016

“Everybody’s dying this year,” says folk icon Ramblin’ Jack Elliott. “It seems like a week doesn’t go by without some beloved musician dying.”

What Measure Z means for the future of the county’s oil industry.
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What Measure Z means for the future of the county’s oil industry.

  • David Schmalz
  • Sep 29, 2016

It’s June 1, just after 10am, in the tiny town of Spreckels, when then-presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders strides down Fifth Street.

Measure Z foes claim sky will fall with yes vote.
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Measure Z foes claim sky will fall with yes vote.

  • Mary Duan
  • Sep 1, 2016

In the midst of a Facebook debate about the so-called anti-fracking ballot initiative...

Joullian Vineyards sells to mid-20s couple from Los Angeles.
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Joullian Vineyards sells to mid-20s couple from Los Angeles.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Updated Sep 1, 2015

There's a real sense of place to the wines of Joullian Vineyards, a Carmel Valley/Cachagua-based winery that has crafted and won awards with i…

Rogers 04.24.15
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Rogers 04.24.15

  • Rob Rogers
  • Apr 24, 2015
Author captures the era of cars and chicks and social injustice in post-WWII Salinas.
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Author captures the era of cars and chicks and social injustice in post-WWII Salinas.

  • David Schmalz
  • Feb 26, 2015

Until recently, the world of Ken Machado’s youth – Salinas during the 1940s and ’50s – had never been recorded in print. It’s a time Monterey …

Rogers 05.02.14
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Rogers 05.02.14

  • Rob Rogers
  • May 2, 2014
Flaming Lips’ multi-instrumental songwriting-talent Steven Drozd on Terror and six-hour songs.
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Flaming Lips’ multi-instrumental songwriting-talent Steven Drozd on Terror and six-hour songs.

  • By Adam Joseph
  • Sep 6, 2012

The perpetual circus that is the Flaming Lips is more than just music. After nearly 30 years, the Oklahoma natives continue to unleash psyched…

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