| FEATURES   By Dennis Taylor     In 2001, at the original Hartnell Street location of the Youth Arts Collective in Old Town ...

It’s not every day that an 11-year-old gets to play on stage with the globally renowned Los Tigres del Norte. Then again, Juan Carlos “Juanito” Aguilar Arrieta is not your regular 11-year-old. When he ...

Despite its proclaimed status as a “Welcoming County” for immigration purposes, Monterey County received $635,000 last year from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for routinely providing ...

Renante Evangelista was waiting for a package last year when he got a text message saying he needed to pay for said package to be delivered. Evangelista, a 19-year-old Hartnell College student, ...

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 ...

There is no doubt that the agriculture industry dominates the Monterey Bay region. Agriculture generates a substantial portion of direct economic output, and has a significant number of jobs directly ...

Twelve years ago while I was editor of The Monterey Herald, we largely stopped endorsing political candidates, local, state and national. I don’t remember exactly how it was explained at the time but ...

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. In an effort to ...

After months of lobbying by dozens of low-income residents, Salinas officials will consider a rent stabilization ordinance that advocates say is way overdue. Organizers led by Building Healthy ...

If you’ve ever sat around a fire, roasting marshmallows and telling stories, perhaps you can evoke a teeny bit of what Louise Miranda Ramirez wants to regain. There, under the stars that have seen the ...

In the last two months I’ve had a very close friend and a close neighbor take their own lives. Each took a very different path to their end. The friend (let’s call him Jurgen) I’ve known since forever ...

In Mercer County, West Virginia, Valeria Steele is proud of her home in Elk View Estates, a mobile home community she says used to be “such a nice place to live.” But since new owners took control ...