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The Barajas family (from left, Andrea, 7-month-old Nico, and Eric) at their first-ever World Cup game on June 25 at Levi’s Stadium, when Paraguay and Australia tied 0-0. “I’m always going to root for my Latin American brothers and sisters,” Eric says – with the exception of Argentina, hoping for an underdog victory.

On Wednesday, July 15, California State Parks and Aramark Destinations will cut the ribbon on the new Historic Preservation Center at Asilomar Conference Grounds, marking a formal commitment to a landscape that has already spent more than a century proving it is worth preserving.

There is something quaint about the idea of the neighborhood school, a place that kids can walk to, and that puts them in a classroom among their neighbors, with decisions

This fashionable micro mini golden doodle Nigel brought a splash of color to Veterans Park in Monterey on an overcast day, thanks to a very style-conscious groomer who came up

Tom Little Bear Nason on tribal land in Big Sur, a landmark achievement in the Land Back movement when the Esselen Tribe of Monterey County acquired the former Adler Ranch in 2020.

How old were you when you first tried a cigarette? I’m willing to bet for many of you, it was before the legal age limit. (In California, that’s age 21.) S

Early in the first Trump administration, there was a lot of talk in Democratic-leaning Monterey County about “the resistance.” There were protests and marches and political strategy sessions.

Three people died in separate traffic crashes across Monterey County during Car Week's final weekend, spotlighting urgent road safety issues.

UPDATE as of 1pm Sunday, Aug. 23: Additional evacuation zones to the east and northeast are now under evacuation orders due to the Timber Fire. Even as fir

Catherine Breed is nearly halfway through her attempt to become the first person ever to swim the 900-mile California coast, as of this writing at