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UPDATE: Gov. Jerry Brown signs mandatory vaccination bill.
News

UPDATE: Gov. Jerry Brown signs mandatory vaccination bill.

  • Kera Abraham
  • Updated Jun 30, 2015

Gov. Jerry Brown has signed SB 277, the contentious bill requiring nearly all children in California to be immunized to state standards.

More photos and story (and audio) of the lost little Buddha and its Korean temple home in Carmel Valley.
Arts & Culture

More photos and story (and audio) of the lost little Buddha and its Korean temple home in Carmel Valley.

  • Walter Ryce
  • Mar 26, 2015

"We want to share our joy in unexpectedly recovering a religious statute that was part of our founding but has been missing for [possibly] for…

Pastors rally for peace—and God—in Salinas.
News

Pastors rally for peace—and God—in Salinas.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Updated Jan 19, 2015

When Pastor Tharon Franklin of Royal Family Church in Salinas first heard that 17-year-old Cesar Gonzalez was murdered last week, just blocks …

Junipero Serra to be made a saint by Catholic Church.
News

Junipero Serra to be made a saint by Catholic Church.

  • David Schmalz
  • Jan 15, 2015

Pope Francis announced earlier today that Junipero Serra, once "Father Presidente" of the Spanish California missions, would be canonized on a…

Forum | Opinion

We should resist simple explanations of the Charlie Hebdo massacre.

  • Laila Lalami
  • Jan 15, 2015

To make sense of the senseless, we tell ourselves stories. The story is that this is the latest salvo in an ongoing clash of civilizations bet…

Steven Goings works within and transcends the limits of many local communities in a quest for harmony.
Cover story

Steven Goings works within and transcends the limits of many local communities in a quest for harmony.

  • Walter Ryce
  • Jan 1, 2015

Steven “Quazar” Goings works to bridge seemingly disparate groups, including the African-American, LGBT, spiritual, peace and justice, and stu…

A report from the ground at Spirit West Coast.
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A report from the ground at Spirit West Coast.

  • Adam Joseph
  • Updated May 5, 2015

The T-shirts say things like “Silly Rabbits, Jesus is for Everyone” and “Virginity Rocks.”

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