Issues / 1998 / Oct 01
A lot of voters don't know that whoever wins the California governor's race could decide who controls the U.S. Congress.
When Californians go to the polls to choose a governor on Nov. 3, they''ll have plenty of points to ponder. The candidates'' positions on abortion will sway some people, others will consider issues like student ...
Letters
Re: "Getting Tested" article, I must admit...I have never read an article (Sept. 17) with soooooo much misinformation about the Smooth Jazz format. You must have imported this article from the Bay Area...who is Charles ...
Info Gluttony
In his 1997 book, Data Smog, author David Shenk tells us that the Sunday New York Times contains more information than people learned during their entire lifetime during the Renaissance era. Spend a couple of ...
American Classics--Why do critics and audiences dismiss popular American composers as second rate?
In playing George Gershwin on his centenary last Saturday at Watsonville''s Mello Center, the Santa Cruz County Symphony restated American classical music''s most nagging question: If Gershwin is so popular, can he really be good? ...
McBride of Jazz--Fest Bassist Christian McBride performs at Kuumbwa Jazz Center
If you saw some of Christian McBride''s three sets at the Monterey Jazz Festival two weeks ago, you might be as interested as I am to hear more from this quartet. They play Monday at ...
How dangerous is Lungren for California?
So it has come down to this: The citizens of California have to live with Daniel Edward Lungren as a looming presence in their collective psychic and then cast judgment on whether Lungren as governor ...
Bytes Internet Cafe
A few weeks ago when Wall Street was doing the watusi while stock indexes swayed to a roiling rhythm, one of Mark Fidler's customers burst through door and raced toward a terminal, desperate to get ...
The Carmel Performing Arts Festival takes over the town's venues for three weekends.
Robin McKee and her loyal band are pushing forward with their dream of making the Carmel Performing Arts Festival, now in its second year, an annual event with a sizable, if still largely local, audience ...
John Waters' latest movie mocks pretensions of New York art world. But where's the trashy shock?
Pecker, John Waters'' satire of the New York art world and off-key love song to his native Baltimore, is as savagely deadpan as his previous work, yet one guesses that it''s somehow more personal and ...
The retelling of a 1919 lynching in Nebraska opens the Carmel Performing Arts Festival.
The Smithsonian Institute calls it one of the most heinous lynchings in this country''s history: The night of Sept. 28, 1919, when an enraged mob of between 15,000 and 20,000 people dragged an elderly black ...
LandWatch hires Gary Patton as its first-ever executive director.
When the 15 month-old LandWatch of Monterey County organization this week announces the hiring of Planning and Conservation League (PCL) General Counsel Gary Patton as its first-ever executive director, the organization will be putting friends ...
Opposing Conversion--Highlands Inn plan will damage the Highlands environment.
The proposal for timeshare use at the Highlands Inn slated for discussion by county supervisors on Oct. 6, worries the vast majority of its neighbors. Over 200 residents have signed a petition against it and ...
Two candidates vie to dethrone long-time Monterey mayor.
To hear Monterey Mayor Dan Albert speak of his beloved Monterey, visions of a modern-day Camelot come to mind. City finances are stronger than ever. Efforts to beautify the coastline via the "Window on the ...
The World Music Festival brings a universe of influences to local stages.
This year''s edition of the World Music Festival, like the Carmel Performing Arts Festival with which it''s attached, is a pared-down event. Last year''s fest featured nearly 80 bands or musicians with overlapping performance times ...
Second annual fest brings music and education to Salinas.
For the second annual Salinas Valley International Mariachi Festival, organizers from the Alisal Merchants Association have lucked out to get Mariachi Vargas, a 100-year-old band that is considered the "best in the world" and Mariachi ...
Three measures would affect Salinas pocketbooks.
At first look, Salinas ballot Measures A, B and C appear simple enough, but look again: They reach deeper into the city''s pocketbook and emotions than first glance reveals. Measure A amends the city charter ...
Diversity in Action--Beyond the Mariachi and World Music festivals, there's a lot of good music going down this weekend.
There''s roots music everywhere you look this weekend. We have a Mariachi Fest in Salinas, a World Music Fest in Carmel (both of which are covered in other articles) and a whole bunch of stuff ...
Cashing In
Dialing For Dollars Sand City''s business community has taken an active interest in the upcoming Sand City election for mayor and city council. How nice. But Squid isn''t sure whether it''s dollars or democracy they''re ...
Apathy at the Polls
Despite the many significant issues facing California and the major political and ideological differences between Gray Davis and Dan Lungren, the two opponents in our gubernatorial race, we were hard pressed to find anyone who ...
