In “Pedacitos/Little Pieces,” a compilation of bilingual stories and poems, actor Cristal González-Ávila forms a mosaic of her life, tracing her path from childhood innocence to the wisdom of ...

In light of increased community fears about possible immigration enforcement actions in the Central Coast, civic leaders and elected officials recently spoke outside the Monterey County Government ...

Corbett O’Toole is 72 and lives in a van in the desert. Her life story embodies the strength of empowered disabled people who are agents of change, people who, like Corbett, have made history and ...

I sort of hate to say it, but it was my idea, one that I admit to with some reluctance. I didn’t like it but I don’t actually regret it. The paper resumed making endorsements in one following election ...

Editor’s Note: This November, Salinas voters will elect council members in four districts and the next mayor. With five seats at stake, the council’s make up could change dramatically. In an effort to ...

After months of lobbying by dozens of low-income residents, Salinas officials will consider a rent stabilization ordinance that advocates say is way overdue. Organizers led by Building Healthy ...

Monterey County officials have paid $1 million to the family of Carlos Chávez, the inmate who seemingly suffocated himself by stuffing toilet paper down his throat during 2022’s rash of deaths in the ...

July 11, 2024 ‘We want our homeland back’ The Ohlone Costanoan Esselen Nation is closer than ever to getting some land returned ...

April 10, 2024 I’ve lost two people to suicide recently Their deaths are making me re-evaluate the concept of dying by your own hand ...

December 27, 2023 The Davids in Appalachia fighting the Monterey Bay Area’s news Goliath A feisty team of lawyers and tenants are fighting the owners of our region’s daily papers — and sometimes, they ...

Hartnell College Faculty Association members organized a rally at the Main Campus on Wednesday, October 25 to protest against working conditions for part-time teachers and to ask administrators for ...

The longstanding legal skirmish surrounding the planned football stadium upgrade at Monterey High School now includes allegations that the Monterey Peninsula school district relied on falsified fire ...