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 ...

Also known as “El Brazo del Diablo” (The Devil’s Arm in Spanish) by farmworkers, the short-handled hoe was used in sugar beet and lettuce fields in the early 20th century, according to the Oakland ...

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 ...

YOUNG VOICES | 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.

“The rental stabilization ordinance is about bringing much needed attention to the renter community of the city of Salinas,” Juarez said. “That attention will bring focus to the issues that impact our ...

Alden, as Voices readers may recall, owns — and is methodically extracting resources from — The Monterey Herald, The Santa Cruz Sentinel, The Mercury News, The Orange County Register and a great many ...

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 school district had altered the signed life safety record because the DSA had consented to the ‘swapping’ of signature pages by the school district to insert a 2020 city fire marshal signature ...

His final stay in the Monterey County Jail, a place that sometimes seems as troubled as David, started on April 30, 2022. He had been arrested for throwing a rock at a fire truck. When he was booked, ...

UPDATE: This article, posted a week ago, states that four inmates had died in the Monterey County Jail this year, the most recent in June. But, unknown to Voices, another inmate was found unresponsive ...

In some instances, the Making an Exoneree students’ work can even help pave the way to freedom. Since 2018, five wrongfully convicted men came home after participating in the course, including Kenneth ...