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Ziggy Rendler Bregman â Sign of Hope: The Art and Teaching of Corita Kent
Ziggy Renfler Bregman sees a sign of hope in the art and teaching of Corita Kent. Link to Cowell Gallery info: https://cowell.ucsc.edu/academics/cw-related-programs/smith-gallery/index.html
Salinas Valley Health Foundation
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The Williamson Act, passed in 1965, now keeps more than 16 million acres of farmland out of the hands of developers. Here's how the law puts the brakes on the development of California agricultural properties.
How Californiaâs 10 state conservancies buy up open land and shield it from developers to preserve the natural environment for public use.
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The California Supreme Court has kept the state at the forefront of legal issues surrounding abortion, the death penalty and same-sex marriage, starting in its earliest days in the Gold Rush era.
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Looking back at the Sixties and Seventies in Santa Cruz
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California has historically been ahead of the rest of the country in expanding the legal right to abortion services. Hereâs what state laws say today, and how we got here.
Sacramentoâs rich past can be explored by visiting its many and varied historical museums.
Natural history, state history, and cultural history combine to make Monterey County remarkable.
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Usually, Montereyâs history is an asset, something to highlight, but in some cases, itâs complicated.
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Peter Coniglio described himself as a âMonterey guy,â and he was, with deep roots that run back to his Italian immigrant grandfather.
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A spring tour of the Bitterwater and Lonoak area is being planned for April 13 by the San Antonio Valley Historical Association (SAVHA) of Southern Monterey County.
The First Theatre in downtown Monterey hosted Californiaâs first-ever paid theatrical production in 1848, but wasnât regularly used for that purpose until 1937.
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