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11/17/2024
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Agata Popęda here, with another arts and culture cover story in this week’s edition of the Weekly. For years I’ve been learning about the structure and the network of arts in Monterey County, starting with a map of galleries, even…

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11/16/2024
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You can’t be well informed unless you are informed well! Join hosts Erik Nelson and Tony Russomanno as they unpack the week that was, on this Nov. 16,2024 “Arc of the Universe” edition of WHAT A WEEK!

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11/16/2024
Image for display with article titled A New Cookbook Transports Readers to Wales Through Food.

Up until earlier this year, I, Pam Marino, thought a good portion of my family’s history on my dad’s side began in Wales. That was the story I heard for years growing up, that the family originally came from Wales,…

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11/15/2024
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SOLEDAD — Monterey County District Attorney’s Office has announced that a man is recovering in the hospital following a Soledad police-involved shooting that occurred late Thursday night near the 1700 block of Vosti Avenue in Soledad.

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11/15/2024
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Katie Rodriguez here. If you’ve visited a beach in the last 24 hours or so, you may have noticed that there is a lot more, or a lot less, beach to walk on.

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11/15/2024
Image for display with article titled The Fight for the Holiday Parade of Lights 2024 in Salinas Is Not Over.

On Thursday, Nov. 14, the public and City of Salinas officials learned that the Holiday Parade of Lights, scheduled for just over two weeks out was canceled. On Friday, Nov. 15, the message from the City is that there's still…

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11/15/2024
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City of Soledad hosted its second annual DĂ­a de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Celebration last Saturday afternoon at the Soledad Community Center.

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11/15/2024
Image for display with article titled DĂ­a De Los Muertos 2024 Celebration Brings Community Together in King City

King City’s Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration brought community members together once again to honor Mexican culture and tradition.

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11/15/2024
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The president-elect has threatened to deport millions of undocumented people, including farmworkers. What would that do to our food prices? What will it do to families where one parent is without papers? We hear from immigration attorney, Blanca Zarazua from Salinas, and Dr. Ann Lopez from the Center for Farmworker Families, a charity that provides food and clothing to families in need.

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11/15/2024
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SALINAS VALLEY — Individual cross country runners and their teams raced Nov. 2 at the Palo Corona course in Carmel Valley for the right to compete at the Central Coast Section championships this Saturday at the Crystal Springs course in Belmont.

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11/15/2024
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SALINAS VALLEY — Individual cross country runners and their teams raced Nov. 2 at the Palo Corona course in Carmel Valley for the right to compete at the Central Coast Section championships this Saturday at the Crystal Springs course in Belmont.

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11/15/2024
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There’s nothing like a little bit of Christmas in the shops in October to make you go … “ummm what?” The pumpkins have not even got boring yet and here we are ho-hoing our ways towards the end of December. I don’t want to race towards the holidays, I want to savor every twinkly card that arrives in the mail, I want to feel the pulse of the Christmas music and get nostalgic about yuletides past. Why is everyone in such a rush these days?

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11/15/2024
Image for display with article titled Window on the World Column | Slow It All Down

There’s nothing like a little bit of Christmas in the shops in October to make you go … “ummm what?” The pumpkins have not even got boring yet and here we are ho-hoing our ways towards the end of December. I don’t want to race towards the holidays, I want to savor every twinkly card that arrives in the mail, I want to feel the pulse of the Christmas music and get nostalgic about yuletides past. Why is everyone in such a rush these days?

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11/15/2024
Read on for details about the project to widen Boronda Road in Salinas and add roundabouts.

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11/14/2024
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Bradley Zeve here. Community is an idea that most everyone I know cherishes and wants more of—a deeper sense of place, commonality and connection, a definition that includes a feeling of fellowship with others as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests and goals.

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11/14/2024
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Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance is known for showcasing the world’s finest automobiles, most worth in the millions. As it turns out, however, this year’s event may be remembered for a figure that has nothing to do with cars.

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11/14/2024
Image for display with article titled New Canon Theatre Announces Its New, Incredibly Ambitious Fourth Season.

In 2024, New Canon Theatre rocked the world of performing art in Monterey County, putting the bar very high. Lacking local competition when it comes to adult, serious—even if not serious at all—theater, for 2025, New Canon decided to challenge…

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11/14/2024
Image for display with article titled Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Discovers a New Deep-Sea Creature.

The deep-sea is the largest habitat on Earth and remains a dark, mysterious place.

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