www.montereycountynow.com APRIL 2-8, 2026 MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY 27 Join Seaside, Monterey, and MPRPD as we honor 50 years of collaboratively managing Laguna Grande Regional Park through our Joint Powers Agency (JPA), with a free, family-friendly morning focused on the history and amenities that Laguna Grande Park has to offer, followed by an afternoon Earth Day celebration. All ages welcome, no registration required! Learn more at: bit.ly/JPA_EarthDay26 1pm - 4pm 15th Annual Seaside Earth Day Celebration 10am - 12:30pm JPA 50th Anniversary Celebration Sunday, April 19, 2026 | 10am - 4pm Laguna Grande Regional Park 1259 Canyon Del Rey Boulevard, Seaside, CA Celebrate at Laguna Grande! Tuesday, April 7, 2026 5:30-6:30 PM - Program with Jason Blazakis, Director, Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism, Middlebury Institute 6:30-7:15 PM - Book signing and reception (Books available for purchase, quantities limited) McCone Building, Irvine Auditorium, 499 Pierce Street, Monterey, CA Register via QR code or at go.miis.edu/TerrorDisrupted Branding the Enemy: Terror Lists, Venezuela & the Fight Over ‘Antifa’ Presented by Professor Jason Blazakis Cosponsored by the Gerry Taylor Seminars Endowment Fund and the Monterey Public Library Friends & Foundation. Terror lists can be powerful national security tools—or political weapons. This talk explores how designations are made, how evidence is (and isn’t) tested, and what happens when governments push the boundaries of “terrorism” to target opponents or messy political movements. Using Venezuela and the “Antifa” controversy as anchors, we’ll examine the real-world consequences for law, economic warfare, diplomacy, and civil liberties. Free and Open to the Public Tuesday, April 7, 2026 5:30-6:30 PM - Program with Jason Blazakis, Director, Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism, Middlebury Institute 6:30-7:15 PM - Book signing and reception (Books available for purchase, quantities limited) McCone Building, Irvine Auditorium, 499 Pierce Street, Monterey, CA Register via QR code or at go.miis.edu/TerrorDisrupted Branding the Enemy: Terror Lists, Venezuela & the Fight Over ‘Antifa’ Presented by Professor Jason Blazakis Cosponsored by the Gerry Taylor Seminars Endowment Fund and the Monterey Public Library Friends & Foundation. Terror lists can be powerful national security tools—or political weapons. This talk explores how designations are made, how evidence is (and isn’t) tested, and what happens when governments push the boundaries of “terrorism” to target opponents or messy political movements. Using Venezuela and the “Antifa” controversy as anchors, we’ll examine the real-world consequences for law, economic warfare, diplomacy, and civil liberties.
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