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Five years after Covid shook our world, have any lessons learned stuck with us?
Forum | Opinion

Five years after Covid shook our world, have any lessons learned stuck with us?

  • Jeffrey Glickman
  • Oct 9, 2025

Perhaps there is no such thing as a bad question, but some questions are better than others. The best questions challenge people in gentle way…

We still can – and should – take steps to collectively process the pandemic and how it changed us.
Forum | Opinion

We still can – and should – take steps to collectively process the pandemic and how it changed us.

  • Nadia Pulu
  • Jul 6, 2023

My first semester at CSU Monterey Bay was one of the best times of my life. I made great friends during my Educational Opportunity Program’s S…

We still can – and should – take steps to collectively process the pandemic and how it changed us.
Forum | Opinion

We still can – and should – take steps to collectively process the pandemic and how it changed us.

  • Nadia Pulu
  • Jun 22, 2023

My first semester at CSU Monterey Bay was one of the best times of my life. I made great friends during my Educational Opportunity Program’s S…

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  • Nov 16, 2022
Teachers have been thrust onto the front lines of the mental health crisis.
Local Spin | Opinion

Teachers have been thrust onto the front lines of the mental health crisis.

  • Sara Rubin
  • May 5, 2022

Maybe you can remember a time as a kid or a teenager that you felt overwhelmed, or misunderstood by your peers or your parents. Maybe you ling…

While most people suffered financially during the pandemic, billionaires enjoyed an unprecedented run.
Forum | Opinion

While most people suffered financially during the pandemic, billionaires enjoyed an unprecedented run.

  • John Nichols
  • Mar 24, 2022

Two years ago this week, shortly after President Donald Trump issued a proclamation declaring “A National Emergency Concerning the Novel Coron…

Two years into a pandemic, people are still dying as life returns to normal.
Local Spin | Opinion

Two years into a pandemic, people are still dying as life returns to normal.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Mar 17, 2022

It’s been exactly two years since our world was upended. On March 17, 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic still felt like something happening somewher…

Two years after Covid-19 arrived in Monterey County, the pandemic is poised to become endemic.
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Two years after Covid-19 arrived in Monterey County, the pandemic is poised to become endemic.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Mar 17, 2022

On March 17, 2020, Monterey County Health Officer Edward Moreno called a press conference and announced that two patients had tested positive …

The king of the rant returns to Golden State Theatre after a long lockdown -- and missed antelope sightings.
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The king of the rant returns to Golden State Theatre after a long lockdown -- and missed antelope sightings.

  • Dave Faries
  • Feb 17, 2022

Lewis Black is riding east after two performances in Denver. Just where he is at the moment, however, isn’t clear.

Seaside sets permanent rules for outdoor dining parklets.
Eat + Drink

Seaside sets permanent rules for outdoor dining parklets.

  • Tajha Chappellet-Lanier
  • Jan 11, 2022

It’s that time—nearly two years after the start of the pandemic, cities around Monterey County are putting permanent rules in place for one of…

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