Claudia Salinas

Cesar Blakeney, left, is embraced by Brother Robert Libardo and Brother George Espinosa during a gathering for Pastor Herbert Valero at Victory Outreach Church in Salinas on Wednesday March 15. Valero was stabbed in the neck outside of his home after a going out to pray with a parishioner on Tuesday evening. - David Royal — Monterey Herald

Monterey County clergymen remain committed to helping at-risk populations

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

SALINAS >> Dozens of victims of violence gather for a remembrance every year around Christmas. It is a time when the absence of loved ones hurts most. Grieving mothers and...

Release of school test scores pushed to September

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

MONTEREY >> Top California education officials have ruled out public release of school test results in August, and now are looking at September as the earliest date.“We’re still contemplating the...

Immigrants commit fewer crimes than native born

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

MONTEREY >> At a time when the century-long American debate on whether immigrants commit more crimes than native-born residents is raging again, a new report concludes exactly the opposite.The debate,...

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