Voices Of Monterey Bay

07/18/2025

NEW on Voices.

Despite its proclaimed status as a “Welcoming County” for immigration purposes, Monterey County received $635,000 last year from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for routinely providing federal officials with details about convicted, undocumented inmates in the county jail. Members of th...

06/14/2025

No Kings Rally at the corner of Blanco and South Main, Salinas.

03/28/2025

Join us Saturday at 5pm PDT for a FREE live streaming of Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink, featuring Voices co-founder Julie Reynolds and her years-long investigation of Alden Global Capital’s gutting of local newspapers (including the Herald, Sentinel and Mercury News). Sponsored by the Media and Democracy Project.

Worried about the media diets of your fellow Americans, the loss of local journalism jobs - and the impact of this on our democracy? Join our Zoom screening of "Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink" followed by discussion with Director Rick Goldsmith. Stripped for Parts is the story....

02/05/2025

It was only a couple of weeks ago that Voices co-founder Claudia Meléndez Salinas was finding comfort in community. Don't ask her how it's going.

OPINION | By Claudia Meléndez Salinas I have a new dog. His name is Capulin, and he's a Lab/German Shepherd mix. A boy about 9 years old, obviously not a pup, but energetic as only German Shepherds (and Labs) can be. As a new dog caretaker, I'm still not used to Capu's rhythms. Is he sleeping too m...

01/30/2025

Today is the 10th anniversary of the death of Aracely Zavala. Our Royal Calkins is still on the case.

FEATURED | By Royal Calkins The family of Aracely Zavala is learning not to get their hopes up. It has been 10 years to the day since the King City woman was hurled to her death by a fast-moving SUV driven by her town’s mortician, Robert Eddington. Though friends and family suspect that he meant t...

01/01/2025

Our end-of-year fundraising campaign ends TONIGHT at midnight and we still have a few thousand dollars left to raise to hit our goal. We would love to finish the year off strong!

Here at Voices, we prize truth in reporting above all else, and we know that a strong democracy depends on our type of local/investigative/cultural coverage.

If you value our journalism, please give now; no amount is too small to make a difference. Time is running out! ⏰

12/31/2024

We love books. And during 2024, these stood out to us.

| FEATURED By the VOMB squad 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 distractions — there are thousands of books yet to be discovered, t...

12/28/2024

Support high-impact investigative journalism. Support Voices of Monterey Bay.

Apoye al periodismo de investigación de alto impacto. Apoye a Voces de la Bahía de Monterey.

https://voicesofmontereybay.org/donate/

12/27/2024

High-impact, nonprofit news is only possible with your support — and we need to raise additional funds before the year is out!

Thanks to , your donation will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $1,000 — when you give before 12/31.

This is a crucial time for American democracy and for public-service journalism. And, right now, your support goes even further.

Can we count on you? News and democracy need you.

12/24/2024

Christmas would not be the same without Royal’s Christmas poem.

OPINION | Note from the “poet:” I have been writing ridiculous poems like the one below for a long time but it was slow to dawn on me that another was needed this year. That’s because the looming political darkness had me thinking anything but warm holiday thoughts. Then a walk in the nearest ...

12/23/2024

Support community journalism! Until Dec. 31, your contribution is doubled! Help us reach our $30,000 goal! Donate today!

¡Apoye al periodismo comunitario! Hasta el 31 de diciembre su contribución se incrementará al doble. ¡Ayúdenos a llegar a nuestra meta de $30,000! ¡Done hoy!

https://voicesofmontereybay.org/donate/

12/20/2024

Those of us who are monsters enthusiasts, we know there’s much to learn from the imaginary creatures. At UCSC, Center for Monster Studies, the learning will be taken to a whole new level.

Story and photos by Charlotte West At the University of California Santa Cruz, a group of scholars is focusing on the creatures that lurk in our nightmares, captivate our imaginations, and reveal our deepest fears and desires. Welcome to the Center for Monster Studies, a one-of-a-kind research hub t...