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Tim Rudolph – Job Site Laborer
Tim Rudolph shares his insights in being a job site laborer. Photo courtesy of Yury Kim.
American Legion Post 512
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From Monterey County Weekly...
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From KSQD...
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From CalMatters...
From Salinas Valley Tribune...
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From California Local...
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From King City Rustler...
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From YubaNet...
Developer Patrice Pastor of Monaco has acquired a hefty portfolio of properties in the tiny village of Carmel, beginning with the purchase of a home in 2015, growing to at least 16 properties totaling nearly $124 million.
From Los Angeles Times...
A once-groundbreaking nonprofit working with chronically homeless people in California’s capital closed and filed for bankruptcy in 2023. Here’s what happened.
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