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I am very happy to see this story I wrote for the Enterprise recognized in the 2021 California News Publishers Association Awards (CNPA)....
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- Jan 28, 2021
- 3 min
Local filmmaking duo makes Sundance debut with 'First Date'
From the Calaveras Enterprise. Manuel Crosby and Darren Knapp graduated from Calaveras High School 18 years apart, but their mutual love...
- Jan 27, 2021
- 3 min
Alleged child molester released after attorney argues 'unusual circumstances' due to COVID-19
From the Calaveras Enterprise. San Andreas resident and contractor Brian Paul Ames, charged with 18 felony counts related to the...
- Jan 27, 2021
- 4 min
Angels Camp protest postponed amid alleged death threats
From the Calaveras Enterprise. Two teens who were organizing a peaceful protest in solidarity with nationwide anti-racism movements chose...
- Nov 18, 2020
- 5 min
Gearing up for a tough winter: Mother Lode region faces unprecedented COVID-19 surge
This article was originally published in the Calaveras Enterprise. Mark Twain Medical Center—Dignity Health, the only hospital serving...
- Sep 2, 2020
- 6 min
Covid Burnout is Real
I was texting a coworker yesterday, whom I haven’t seen in almost five months. He was checking up on how I’ve been, which was really nice...
- Sep 2, 2020
- 8 min
The Power of Prayer in an Agnostic Life
It was Christmas Eve, but it sure didn’t feel like it. The previous Christmas Eve I had spent watching a midnight Mass outside the Church...
- Jun 8, 2020
- 5 min
Hundreds gather for Black Lives Matter protests in Angels Camp
From the Calaveras Enterprise 06/09/20. Article and photos by Dakota Morlan. Despite palpable tensions and safety concerns preluding the...
- Jun 3, 2020
- 7 min
Confessions of a White Girl
The death of George Floyd was a tipping point for me I’ve never had much to say about racial injustice. Not because I don’t have...
- May 14, 2020
- 3 min
Pandemic Pits: A Love Story
How I learned to let it grow We were very young when we first met. I was eleven, maybe twelve. It seemed they had only just entered the...
- Apr 25, 2020
- 6 min
Pandemic sourdough and parallel thinking: How we're all plugged in to the motherboard
A freshly-baked sourdough loaf cools on my kitchen counter, soon to be devoured. I swear that I was ahead of the sourdough fad. Even...