Recent Stories
One Woman’s Wild Ride
Carmel’s Herma Smith Curtis is a personality who rubbed elbows with history.
Hitler patted her head in Vienna. She dodged bullets and survived the Nazi occupation in Austria. She later served cocktails to celebrities. And she eventually became a woman who many called the Queen of Real ...
Local agencies threatened by cuts to AmeriCorps.
As the budget battle looms in the nation’s capitol, leaders of local nonprofits fear a domino effect over GOP plans to kill funding for AmeriCorps. The Service Learning Institute has 12 AmeriCorps VIPs at agencies ...
Informed Health, Electronic-Style
Electronic medical records are creating smarter patients, better relationships with docs.
No one adores repetitive and seemingly endless medical forms. But while most humans grumble and grab a pen, Carmel native Christine Kerner – after filling out what she estimates is hundreds of forms during a ...
New emergency system will prevent outsiders from listening.
Monterey County has awarded a $15 million contract to upgrade the radio system that links the county’s 19 public safety agencies, a response to a federal mandate that requires all radio systems to have their ...
How Now, J. Brown?
Governor-elect warns of even deeper cuts, locals brace for impact.
During a Dec. 14 budget forum at UCLA, Gov.-elect Jerry Brown predicted dark days ahead for California’s economy. But the question remains: How can it get any worse? With ominous yet vague warnings like “fasten ...
He Asked, They Posed
Photographer brings his “Fearless” collection to CSUMB.
Astudent athlete in the LGBT community, Jeff Sheng spent his youth searching for a place to belong. At 30 years old, he has created that place for himself and others by using a camera. A ...
