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 ...

Five years ago, police officers stopped Jose Armando Escobar-Lopez while he was driving to his home in Daly City with his partner and her brother. Without giving a reason for the stop, the officers ...

Although we skipped a cherished tradition in 2023, we just had to revive the “Books We Loved” for 2024. While social media has brought many distractions — and our national drama only adds to said ...

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 ...

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 ...

This is the story of John Spence, a Gros Ventre/Sioux elder who uses equine therapy to heal Native youth. Made in collaboration with The Imprint, Uncle John is part of the multimedia project Healing ...

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 ...

The longstanding legal skirmish surrounding the planned football stadium upgrade at Monterey High School now includes allegations that the Monterey Peninsula school district relied on falsified fire ...

The medical and correctional staff at the Monterey County Jail had seen young David Sand before, which might explain why they ignored him and his obvious need for psychiatric care. Born into a ...

EXTRA: San Francisco Chronicle weighs in with major package on Wellpath’s failings statewide. UPDATE: This article, posted a week ago, states that four inmates had died in the Monterey County Jail ...

In other counties and states where federal courts monitor health care in jails and prisons, most of the information that goes into the court files is considered public record. Open to the press. Open ...