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Blues Power

The Monterey Bay Blues Festival is powered by volunteers and a tangle of committees.

In its first nine years, the Monterey Bay Blues Festival (MBBF) established itself as a crowd-pleasing attraction in the cultural calender of county events. Just ask any of the 26,000 people who attended last year's ...

Size Isn't Everything

Laguna Seca Days is a day shorter than last year but it's packed with significant music.

On May 7, 1962 Bob Dylan released The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, an album filled with some of his most powerful songs. Now, 33 years later to the day, Dylan will be performing, protesting and poeticizing ...

Back to Work?

Operation Workforce

Monterey County's unemployment rate for November of 14.5 percent may not be as high as the 22 percent seen in nearby San Benito County, but the news is still pretty grim. This issue of the ...

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