Suspicious King City traffic death was never truly investigated
Mar 24, 2024 · SPECIAL REPORT | UPDATE: Sheriff’s Office reopens the case after Voices investigation. By Royal Calkins. KING CITY – In dark clothes, Aracely Zavala was walking in the middle of a dark frontage road for reasons that made little sense. From the fresh scuffs later found on the soles of her boots, it seems she was facing away from town when the fast-moving SUV slammed into her from behind.
January 2025 – Voices of Monterey Bay
January 26, 2025 How Sanctuary Laws Could Throw a Wrench Into Trump’s Deportation Plans Advocates see these laws as a critical shield for immigrant communities, but Trump’s team is devising ways to bypass them.
February 2025 – Voices of Monterey Bay
Feb 4, 2025 · Featured Way before Alden Global Capital banned political endorsements, The Monterey Herald stopped the practice Posted in Economy/Business by Royal Calkins
Wellpath admits failures at Monterey County Jail
Nov 14, 2024 · FEATURED | By Royal Calkins. The seemingly bankrupt company that provides health services to inmates at the Monterey County Jail has admitted failing to meet 43 requirements imposed on the company after special monitors found a long pattern of dangerously inadequate care.
Celebrating community in challenging times – Voices of Monterey …
Jan 26, 2025 · The group marched on East Alisal Street, around Main Street, and back to the City Hall Rotunda. Inside, men and women who had recently taken part in a bitter election campaign, stood together to sing what’s often called the Black National Anthem, “ Lift Every Voice and Sing.”A touching moment of unity in a building that has also seen its fair share of acrimony.
In the races for Salinas city council seats, money is sending a big ...
Nov 4, 2024 · EDITORIAL | Soon after the Salinas City Council voted 5-0 to impose new renter protections, it occurred to us that the November 5 election, way underway by the time the final drafts were formally adopted on Sept. 24, could also …
Voices of Monterey Bay – The bilingual news magazine for the …
Featured Salinas mother faces the hope, loss and joy of special needs caregiving Posted in Features by Chelcey Adami
Q&A with Jose Mendoza – Voices of Monterey Bay
Oct 29, 2021 · | FEATURED. By Royal Calkins RELATED STORIES: Q&A with Justin Patterson | Q&A with Joe Moses | Q&A with Jeff Hoyne | Q&A with Tina Nieto | Monterey County sheriff’s campaign needs your attention before it’s too late The race for Monterey County sheriff will be held during the primary election in June. Unless one candidate gets more than 50 percent of the vote, the two candidates receiving ...
Sheriff’s Office reopens ‘lost’ King City death case Voices ...
May 31, 2024 · By Royal Calkins. As a result of a year-long Voices inquiry into a possible homicide, the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office has reopened its abbreviated investigation of the 2015 traffic death of longtime King City resident Aracely Zavala.. Over the past few weeks, a detective and a commander have been assigned to question South County residents including Zavala’s associates and, this time ...
Royal Calkins – Voices of Monterey Bay
About Royal Calkins. Royal Calkins is a semi-retired journalist, a former editor of the Monterey Herald, who writes for Voices of Monterey Bay. He lives in Half Moon Bay.