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Recognizing the year’s quirkiest battles over transparency.
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Recognizing the year’s quirkiest battles over transparency.

  • The Electronic Frontier Foundation
  • Mar 30, 2017

Thick fog rolled in for Sunshine Week in late March, the annual event when government transparency advocates raise awareness about the importa…

RECIPES: Fun DIY Asian vegetarian-vegan dishes from new local cookbook.
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RECIPES: Fun DIY Asian vegetarian-vegan dishes from new local cookbook.

  • Mark C. Anderson, Kelsey Liebenson-Morse
  • Mar 24, 2017

Pat Tanumihardja’s husband grew up without fresh vegetables.

EDIBLE: A cookbook inspired by the Pacific Grove Farmers Market.
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EDIBLE: A cookbook inspired by the Pacific Grove Farmers Market.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Mar 23, 2017

Way back in 2009, before the Tea Party or the iPad, over some goodies like a chile-verde omelet and strawberry waffles at the Breakfast Club (…

A day in the life of the 31st Annual Martin Luther King Jr. March in Seaside.
Arts & Culture

A day in the life of the 31st Annual Martin Luther King Jr. March in Seaside.

  • Walter Ryce
  • Jan 17, 2017

It was a beautiful day for a walk. Not too cold, not too hot. It was a day made for walking. Add the fact that it was the 31st Annual Martin L…

Changing fast-casual times and El Charrito coup in Oldtown Salinas.
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Changing fast-casual times and El Charrito coup in Oldtown Salinas.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Dec 15, 2016

One self-imposed rule of this column: Don’t write about chains, because there are far too many family-owned restaurants that merit this space,…

Quick Bites: Hunger help, new Marina restaurant and…peak beer (?!).
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Quick Bites: Hunger help, new Marina restaurant and…peak beer (?!).

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Dec 13, 2016

The epic Monterey County Gives! fundraising drive runs through the end of the year.

Blaze Pizza, Teriyaki Madness, Smashburger and more set to open in Marina Dunes.
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Blaze Pizza, Teriyaki Madness, Smashburger and more set to open in Marina Dunes.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Dec 6, 2016

The sheer volume of eateries makes Marina Dunes one of the biggest food stories of the year. (Check out No. 6 on "The next five biggest Monter…

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Reflecting on the still-urgent messages anti-war activist Tom Hayden distilled during his lifetime.

  • John Nichols
  • Oct 27, 2016

Tom Hayden and I spoke and corresponded a good deal during the last year of his life about the 2016 presidential race. The great radical think…

Russian ballet company’s Swan Lake swings by Salinas.
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Russian ballet company’s Swan Lake swings by Salinas.

  • Walter Ryce
  • Oct 13, 2016

Ballet began as a Renaissance court dance in Italy. Then it was refined by Catherine de Medici in France. But it grew into the classical form …

EDIBLE: Two major restaurants open in downtown Monterey.
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EDIBLE: Two major restaurants open in downtown Monterey.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Sep 15, 2016

The first surprise is the most striking: Where Monterey Marriott once housed a Starbucks and a Three Flags Cafe, a brand-new bar-restaurant no…

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