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At the Coastal Commission Hearing On The Desalinization Plant

by Kimberly Nunes The question was water, how to bring more to our lives.It may all come down to the Western Snowy Plover.City seats and valley farms, ecologists, and native tribes—the thing is water, how to bring it to our lives.Ohlone Esselen Monterey coast, here, where this bird thrives,the size…

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Thoughts and Prayers

by Eric Sentell (This story contains violence.) Ryan parked his dead mother’s Corolla in an abandoned lot across the highway from Patty Johnson’s trailer park, stuffed a pair of brown jersey gloves in his back pockets, and looked around for people and cars. Seeing no one, he walked under the…

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Homecoming

by Eric Sentell  She stares at the shirtless infant waiting for more baby food. Then she studies the kitchen. Lilac walls, white cabinets, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances. “Where am I?” The baby coos and wobbles in its seat. She studies its shapeless features, its bright blue eyes. Her lips…

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