Issues / 1998 / May 28
Jewels by Mail--Hard-to-find classical recordings are available by mail order.
Have you found yourself waiting hopefully for your favorite classical or opera LP recordings to reappear on CDs? Or, worse, have you lately discovered that the CD you planned to collect entered and exited the ...
Coast Weekly's local endorsements for the June 2 primary election.
This year, the CW editorial board had a particularly tough time making endorsements in some races--and in some races, we didn''t. We battled over issues that will no doubt confound many of you when you ...
Secession issue threatens to derail bond measure in Pajaro Valley.
It''s no secret that schools in California are long overdue for a facelift. State legislators are working on a $9 billion educational facilities bond measure for November''s ballot to remedy the worst cases. But in ...
Letters
No on 227 Proposition 227 would replace current bilingual programs with "sheltered" English immersion programs which would "not normally exceed one year." If it becomes law--and doesn't work well--it will take another ballot initiative or ...
Director Terry Gilliam creates a masterfully literal translation of the gonzo classic--but misses its heart.
You know the feeling you get when you''re the only sober person in a room full of people who are all ripped out of their gourds? That painful realization that you''re over-the-counter while everyone else ...
Art Attack--Monterey's City Council says "No" to arts and preservation.
On May 19, 1998 the Monterey City Council unanimously rejected the Arts and Historic Resources Initiative. They declined to allow the voters to have their say on the November ballot. The essence of the initiative ...
Vote for 1
1. Name, age, occupation & number of years in Monterey County? 2. How much do you plan to raise & spend? 3. Should the sheriff's department shut down medical marijuana clinics sanctioned by Prop. 215? ...
Election Day--Ready, Set, Vote
It''s the same but different. This election day, there is a new way to vote--the open primary--and a wide-open race for governor with no incumbent running for re-election. But campaigning hasn''t changed and there''s a ...
CW's positions on the June 2 ballot measures.
219 Statewide initiatives We Say: Vote Yes Placed on the ballot by the state legislature, Prop. 209 requires that all statewide initiatives, and legislative and local ballot measures apply uniformly in all parts of a ...
But is He Blues?--Guitarist Terry Hiatt makes his MoCo debut; Those Darn Accordions do their darn thing.
Yeah, he does blues, but it''s tough to call Terry Hiatt a bluesman. His self-produced, 1996 debut album, Brother Piranha, has a bunch of blues-based music that''s all twisted together with jazz and rock and ...
City, citizens fight over Monterey's history.
As the country commemorates National Historic Preservation Month this May, Monterey, a city famous for its history, struggles to define its own past and determine the future of historic preservation efforts, a struggle that could ...
Berry, Berry Good
Imagine strawberries that really taste like strawberries--not the big-as-a-saucer, hollow-on-the-inside, white-shouldered, ubiquitous variety found on every supermarket shelf in the continental United States; the real strawberries, like they used to taste. That is, if you ...
Primary Elections 06/02/98 17th Congressional District
1. Name, age, occupation, number of years in the district. 2. How much do you plan to raise & spend? Is there anyone you would refuse to accept money from? 3. Should Monterey Peninsula College ...
Preparations are underway for 10th annual Artists Studio tour.
To the degree that the meaning of art can be reduced to a single axiom, it is certainly the case that art is a journey of discovery-both for the artist who seeks to express the ...
Vote for 1
1. Name, occupation and number of years in Monterey County? 2. How much money do you plan to raise & spend to become assessor? Are there any contributions you would not accept? 3. What are ...
It's a pooch-meets-man story with serious implications in AR Gurney's Sylvia, opening at Pac Rep.
"It''s got drama, soap opera, sight gags, nice comments about relationships, life and caring...and all that good stuff," says director Stephen Moorer about Pacific Repertory''s Sylvia, opening this week. On a basic level, AR Gurney''s ...
Cypress Grove
Poke your head in the door of Cypress Grove between lunch and dinner, and you might catch chef and proprietor Kurt Steeber taking a break from roasting bones, reducing essences and unmolding terrines. In fact, ...
Vote for 1
1. List your name, age, occupation, years in district. 2. Anyone from whom you would refuse to accept money? 3. What is your position on the "English for Children" initiative? 4. How would you fix ...
Vote for 1
1. Name, age & occupation. How many years have you lived in the district? 2. How much do you plan to raise & spend in this election? Is there anyone you would refuse to accept ...
New Salinas museum shows the medical profession the way it used to be.
After 14 years of collecting artifacts, the Museum of Medical History opens this weekend at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital''s Downing Resource Center. The museum houses a world-class collection of antique medical instruments. While most date ...
Vote for 1
1. Name, age, occupation, number of years in district. 2. How much do you plan to raise & spend? Is there anyone you would refuse money from? 3. What is your position on the "English ...
Open Records, Closed Doors Edition
Open Sez Me The elusive Walter Wong, the county''s environmental health director, is in cover-your- ass mode, as we can all see from his missive in today''s Letters to Ed. section. Wally had the sympathies ...
Jazz Does MoBay--Smooth in Aptos, straight-ahead in Carmel...and the Rock and Art Festival announces a headliner.
The summer season of outdoor concerts is in full swing: Last weekend''s sold-out Santa Cruz Blues Festival actually had sunshine and warmth, and it felt like El Ni¤o had finally lost its grip on the ...
