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UPDATED: What to do and where to go if you have to evacuate a fire zone.
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UPDATED: What to do and where to go if you have to evacuate a fire zone.

  • Pam Marino
  • Aug 22, 2020

Nearly 20,000 Monterey County residents are now under an evacuation order due to the three fires burning here, and thousands more are under ev…

House fire displaces 11 in Marina.
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House fire displaces 11 in Marina.

  • David Schmalz
  • Sep 11, 2017

It only took first responders minutes to arrive, but by that time, disastrous damage had already been done. 

Quick Bites: Bakai's reboot, false alarm and updates on openings.
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Quick Bites: Bakai's reboot, false alarm and updates on openings.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Sep 5, 2017

After a change in management and an ownership buyout and several months dark, Bakai Wine + Tapas is back with a new chef, menu and wine list a…

Taking a tour of the Monterey Sports Center as it approaches 25 this year.
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Taking a tour of the Monterey Sports Center as it approaches 25 this year.

  • Walter Ryce
  • Jan 26, 2017

First, a confession. I’ve lived in Seaside and Marina for three decades, and had never been inside the city-owned Monterey Sports Center…

Timeline: Soberanes Fire
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Timeline: Soberanes Fire

  • Jul 28, 2016

FRIDAY, July 22:

Fire evacuees include dozens of animals.
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Fire evacuees include dozens of animals.

  • Ana Ceballos
  • Jul 28, 2016

Fire evacuees are not just people. They also include at least 18 cats, two dogs, three horses, two parakeets, four baby turkeys, a tarantula, …

Ecuador
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Ecuador

  • Rob Rogers
  • Apr 19, 2016
Update: Tassajara Fire's cause may be linked to its one death.
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Update: Tassajara Fire's cause may be linked to its one death.

  • Ana Ceballos, Sara Rubin
  • Sep 20, 2015

One civilian was reported dead Sunday after a devastating fire scorched 1,200 acres along Tassajara and Cachagua roads in the Jamesburg area, …

"The tides are in our veins, we still mirror the stars, life is your child…" - Robinson Jeffers
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"The tides are in our veins, we still mirror the stars, life is your child…" - Robinson Jeffers

  • Walter Ryce
  • May 14, 2015

• CSU Monterey Bay’s capstone festival is like a science fair, talent show and thesis project rolled into three days. (See story, at left.) Pe…

Quick Bites: Where trash and wine combine, sexy raw food demo, "vegivores" and more.
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Quick Bites: Where trash and wine combine, sexy raw food demo, "vegivores" and more.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Mar 10, 2015

Someone will be named the Dumper Diva or Divo of the runway. 

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