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How Congress Is Letting Die an Internet Connectivity Lifeline for Millions

05/04/2024

More than half of the U.S. House supports a bill to extend the funds, but it can’t get out of committee.

Opinion: I've Covered California's Homeless Since Before the Word Was Used. This Is What I Learned

04/06/2024

I thought my journalism and others’ could change policy, perhaps even inspire a New Deal-style response equal to the challenge. Such was my naiveté.

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Arts Council for Monterey County Awards 19 Local Artists With Individual Grants

MONTEREY COUNTY — Arts Council for Monterey County (Arts4MC) has announced the recipients of its Individual Artists Grants.

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Nearly $111K in Grants Awarded to Local Arts and Culture Projects in Monterey County

MONTEREY COUNTY — The Arts Council for Monterey County (Arts4MC) has announced that it has awarded $110,520 in Arts and Cultural Impact Grants to 23 local arts organizations and nonprofit organizations with art programs.

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Arts Council for Monterey County Reveals the 2024 Champions of the Arts.

The Arts Council for Monterey County announced the 2024 Champions of the Arts awardees. These five extraordinary local individuals will be recognized at Arts4MC's Annual Champions of the Arts Awards Breakfast on Friday, Aug. 9.

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New Art Galleries to Check Out Open Along the Monterey Peninsula.

It’s hard to keep up with new galleries that are always popping up in Monterey County. Today we are bringing to your attention three new galleries you may visit whenever you have a chance.

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PacRep Nears Completion of Its Golden Bough Playhouse Remodel.

The anticipated opening of the Golden Bough Playhouse in Carmel, the primary performance venue for the Pacific Repertory Theatre (PacRep), has moved to late August. But the show must go on, as the saying goes, which means that the upcoming…

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Community Celebrates New Mission-Themed Mural in King City

KING CITY — Members and friends of the nonprofit group King City in Bloom gathered Friday afternoon to celebrate the completion of the new mural at 122 N. Second St., across from the Hartnell College campus.

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Monterey County's Funding for the Arts Is Safe, for Now.

Arts organization leaders in Monterey County were alarmed by the proposed California state budget for 2024-25, which recommends cutting funding to the California Arts Council by 58 percent, or $10 million.

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After 40 Years in Darkness, the Four-Part Endomosaic Mural by Emile Norman Finally Sees Daylight.

On Friday, May 24, Monterey History and Art Association President Gary Spradlin, along with Emile Norman Charitable Trust trustee Marc Del Piero, Monterey Library and Museums Director Brian Edwards and a couple of helpers, gathered on Tyler Street in Monterey…

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Thousands Celebrate ‘Golden Hills & Fair Time Thrills’ at 80th Annual Salinas Valley Fair

SALINAS VALLEY — Nearly 40,000 people attended the 80th Annual Salinas Valley Fair over the course of its four-day celebration in South Monterey County last week.

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California's library system dates back 171 years.
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California has gone from one library to more than 1,100 in the last 171 years.
17-Mile Drive, just one of the many stunning visuals in Monterey County.
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Looking back at the Sixties and Seventies in America's Hippest Little City.
A 1911 production of “Twelfth Night” at the Forest Theater.
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