In a county with a rich history, a five-year anniversary may not sound like much. But El Gabilan Library in North Salinas, part of the Salinas…
There used to be a Comic-Con (a comic book convention) in Salinas sponsored by the National Steinbeck Center. That’s how the Salinas Public Li…
FREE SPEECHThe California Public Records Act requires that public agencies share, when requested, “any writing containing information relating…
Following National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman's performance of "The Hill We Climb" on Inauguration day, there was a renewed sense of th…
With Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton, and last week’s impeachment of South Korea’s first female president, Park Geun-hye, it seems…
Comic books are a physical manifestation of a lot of people’s imaginations. They have embodied our fears (evil tyrants, mutations) and our hop…
I returned last Saturday from a family work/vacation trip to Washington, D.C. where I saw, among many venues and events (including President O…
Cynthia Bojorquez, who joined the city of Salinas as Director of Library and Community Services just eight months ago, told the city today she…
THE BALLAD OF SNAPPY… While public officials were discussing the drought at a meeting where the public wasn’t allowed (See “Bad Week,” p. 4), …