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831 » May 2009

Wine, Art & Music event takes a walk on the wild side.
Walter Ryce

While Pacific Grove lays claim to many family-friendly events – the Butterfly Parade, Good Old Days and Feast of Lanterns – when the sun goes down and the grown-ups want... read on»
¡Ask a Mexican!
Gustavo Arellano

Dear Brazer: Por supuesto there are doctors, lawyers, accountants, scientists and other professionals in Mexico—who do you think sews up the narcos after a gun battle, fights off American extradition... read on»
Free Will Astrology
Rob Brezny

Aries (March 21-April 19): The fleas infesting dogs’ skin have greater leaping power than the fleas on cats. Why do you think that is, Aries? Maybe you should use your... read on»
Naval Postgraduate School celebrates a century of unparalleled education.
Walter Ryce

More astronauts have studied at Naval Postgraduate School than any other institution, including the last man to walk on the moon, Capt. Gene Cernan, and one of the most recent... read on»
The teacher-surfer-boater’s tale bounces from Carmel Valley to Big Sur.
Corby Anderson

The surf coach picks his way through the boulder field with surety. Carrying his custom-painted surf gun under his arm, his remarkably intact 59-year-old body visibly unclenches itself from the... read on»
Goth Toph mixes art with other pursuits.
Corby Anderson

In the old stone-frameddining cavetucked into the back of the Sardine Factory, Lord Toph snacks on battered squid and red wine. A candelabra flickers dim light at the end of... read on»
Student film festival channels artfully crafted shorts.
Stuart Thornton

Barbed wire bristles around the edges. A long institutional hallway looms ahead. Doors slowly close. ... read on»
Salinas native Angie Ruiz whups tail on TV.
Qres Ephraim

For weeks on end Angie Ruiz has been learning roundhouses, throwing backhanded blows, and running after bad guys – in heels, no less. ... read on»
Local martial artist teaches dressy girls to fight back.
Kera Abraham

Imagine dainty femmes, clicking down the street one minute and busting Jackie Chan moves on would-be attackers the next. ... read on»
¡Ask a Mexican!
Gustavo Arellano

SPECIAL PANDEMIC EDITION Dear PIGS: Amazingly, yours was the only cochino query that the Mexican received in the two weeks since the emergence of the most destructive “Mexican” pathogen desde... read on»