Janelle Salanga

Jul 26, 2024 | objectivejournalism.org | Janelle Salanga

An abridged version of this story first appeared in our newsletter, The Front Page, which examines systems of power and inequity in media. Subscribe here. Mainstream media has harmed Black people for generations in the United States – from publishing slave catching advertisements to using passive voice when it comes to police shootings. How can the harm be repaired?

Jun 27, 2024 | kazu.org | Janelle Salanga

Before Monterey County had its own Pride celebrations, it had an LGBTQ+ newspaper. First, there was the Monterey Lay Out, a short-lived periodical published out of Carmel that ran in the mid-1970s. Then, there was the paper — literally. The Paper became the county’s flagship periodical and published from 1994 until 1998. It was printed on the Monterey Herald’s presses, reaching a circulation of 3,000 copies at its peak.

Jun 4, 2024 | kazu.org | Janelle Salanga

Southern Salinas Valley residents should be prepared for a high of over 90 degrees on Wednesday, including in King City, Lockwood and Bradley among other locations. Gilroy and Hollister should expect the same,The National Weather Service has issued a moderate heat risk advisory for these areas from 8 a.m. Wednesday to Thursday at midnight as a high-pressure weather system moves through the state from the coast.

May 31, 2024 | kazu.org | Janelle Salanga

Police from across California descended on the UC Santa Cruz pro-Palestine encampment late last night, almost a month to the day since the protest began. Video from encampment organizers posted on social media shows police — some carrying batons — dispersing protesters and taking down tents.

May 24, 2024 | kazu.org | Janelle Salanga

Reverberating bell chimes are part of the soundscape of Salinas’s Chinatown. Larry Hirahara, who leads walking tours of the former Chinese enclave in the city, called it one of the “sounds of Chinatown.”“You can hear it across Chinatown,” he said of the bell, adding, “Incense burning would have been the smell of Chinatown.”Hirahara starts the tours at the Buddhist Temple of Salinas, where the bell rests in a tower in front of the building.