Tom Leyde

A historical photo of the Western Flyer being launched for the first time in Tacoma, Washington, which was on display during the Cannery Row Symposium at Hopkins Marine Station in Monterey in February 2015. The boat was featured in Steinbeck’s ‘Log from the Sea of Cortez.’ - Petrich Collection

Steinbeck boat being restored

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

Somewhere in the Western Flyer there is a spirit, said Chris Chase, project director for the Western Flyer Foundation, the nonprofit group restoring the fishing boat that carried Ed Ricketts...

Physicist Leonard Tramiel, Ph.D. gives a talk titled ‘Atheism and Skepticism: Are they Related and Why Should We Care’ during SkeptiCamp 2018 at the Seaside Community Center on Saturday. - David Royal — Monterey Herald Correspondent

SkeptiCamp: Voting, witness testimony among topics questioned

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

SEASIDE >> Don’t accept things at face value, and things are not always what they appear to be.That’s one summation of what people took away from the Saturday’s third annual...

A dead whale washed up on the rocks north of Bird Rock in Pebble Beach. It’s unclear when and if the carcass will be removed. - Vern Fisher - Monterey Herald

Who pays to move dead whale?

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

Pebble Beach >> It is still not known who exactly would be responsible for removing the dead humpback whale that washed up Saturday near Bird Rock in Pebble Beach.Justin Viezbicke,...

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