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Restaurants offer Thanksgiving dinner in many forms. But it is also a day for giving.
Eat + Drink

Restaurants offer Thanksgiving dinner in many forms. But it is also a day for giving.

  • Dave Faries
  • Nov 20, 2025

There are meals associated with holidays – Christmas dinner and the Passover seder come to mind. But for Thanksgiving, gathering around the ta…

Best Local Do-Gooder (2025)
Around Town

Best Local Do-Gooder (2025)

  • Oct 9, 2025

Elsa Rivera

Best Volunteer Organization (2025)
Around Town

Best Volunteer Organization (2025)

  • Oct 9, 2025

Meals on Wheels of the Monterey Peninsula

Nonprofit Lipstick Angels brings a moment of peace and beauty to cancer patients at CHOMP.
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Nonprofit Lipstick Angels brings a moment of peace and beauty to cancer patients at CHOMP.

  • Pam Marino
  • May 8, 2025

Amy Stone endured rigorous, day-long infusion treatments at the Comprehensive Cancer Center inside Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsul…

Take action this Earth Day and beyond—here’s some ideas on how to get involved.
Opinion

Take action this Earth Day and beyond—here’s some ideas on how to get involved.

  • Katie Rodriguez
  • Apr 22, 2025

Katie Rodriguez here, thinking about Earth Day, and how loaded of a day it can feel for the many of us who care about the planet and acknowled…

Our community relies on support and services from nonprofits. Join in.
Local Spin | Opinion

Our community relies on support and services from nonprofits. Join in.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Dec 26, 2024

In her youth in Castroville, Leticia Ibarra Anthony sometimes resented going with her family to work in the fields picking strawberries – she …

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  • Jun 29, 2023

FUTURE HOUSING

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  • Mar 9, 2023

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Volunteer groups pitch in to keep local parks looking beautiful, and safe from invasive species.
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Volunteer groups pitch in to keep local parks looking beautiful, and safe from invasive species.

  • Kyarra Harris
  • Feb 2, 2023

A group of people in outdoor clothing gather at Garrapata State Park, a setting noted for trails tracing from ocean beaches into redwood grove…

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  • Jan 12, 2023

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