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Extended voter services are being offered at pre-election voting locations across Monterey Bay this week. And, specialty lowrider license plates could enter circulation.
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Maestro Daniel Henriks and I Cantori di Carmel will perform Carmina Burana at the Forest Theater in Carmel and the Quarry Amphitheater in Santa Cruz over the next two weeks
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