Issues / 1998 / Oct 15
Letters
Just the Facts I am disappointed that you decided to take a cheap shot at the California International Air Show. (Hot Picks, Sept. 24). You did a poor job of hiding your disdain for the ...
Chavez fights uphill battle for Keeley's 27th District Assembly seat.
In a race that should be a cut-and-dry case of election day landslide, Republican challenger Phil Chavez of Pebble Beach is nevertheless rallying to unseat Democratic 27th District Assemblymember Fred Keeley, who is running for ...
Will Measure N fix our roads or spur growth?
"Shall a one-half of one percent...sales tax be imposed in Monterey County, for a period of nine years, to fund local contribution to construction of the Highway 101 Prunedale Bypass and to repair potholes and ...
Habitat for Humanity has built 70,000 homes for low-income families all over the world.
A lot of folks are concerned about the need for more affordable housing. But no one has tackled the problem to more practical effect than Millard Fuller, a soft-spoken Alabama-born lawyer who is founder and ...
Eddie Murphy and Jeff Goldblum star in an ungodly mess.
All the advance signs looked discouraging, but I still kept thinking: How bad could a comedy starring Eddie Murphy and Jeff Goldblum really be? Well, let''s put it this way...you won''t ever hear me asking ...
Water, Weenies and Words...
Acid Test Squid knows the water at Fort Ord is a foul-tasting brew, but has it also been spiked with a powerful hallucinogen? That is the only explanation Squid can come up with for Friday''s ...
Talkin' Rock--An old face takes on new duties at Doc's; rock at Whitey's, jazz about town.
Ever since Doc''s changed owners, everyone seems to be wringing their hands, wondering, "What will become of us? Who will book Doc''s?" The answer is...drum roll please...Matt Heimbold!!! Good old Matty, he who sings for ...
Latino political clout on the rise in Salinas mayoral race.
She was the first Latina elected to the Salinas City Council back in 1991, and come election day, it appears likely that Anna Caballero will claim another political landmark--this time as Salinas'' first Latina mayor. ...
Who's Out?--Let's consider whether the "three strikes" law is really worth it.
In the governor''s race, Dan Lungren TV commercials endlessly exalt the candidate for his advocacy of the "three-strkes and you''re out" mandatory sentencing law. The commercials represent yet another wave of specious propaganda in favor ...
Big City Pumpkin
Call it the inter-connectedness of The Universe, the cosmic duality of competing forces centrifugally wooshing your brain into the vortex until--the frantic spinning slows, stills itself and ceases. There is meaning, vision restored. Ahhhhh. Yes, ...
This and That--Reviews of the Dunsmuir Piano Quartet and Lark Quartet; what to look for in MoSy conductors.
Pianist Justin Blasdale obviously provides the Dunsmuir Piano Quartet with its focal personality. On paper, this would be obvious from their program which opened the renamed Chamber Music Monterey Bay''s season last week in Carmel; ...
Sculptor Patricia Triumpho Sullivan reveals the inner spirit of her models.
Perhaps the hallmark of all true art is its attempt to illuminate something not readily apparent about its subject. A portrait tries to capture the soul of the model as much as facial features; a ...
Stagecoach Cafe
About 10 years ago, there was a novel titled Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant that made it to the bestseller list. It was the kind of book that made you want to open it up ...
A young girl becomes a woman as she deals with her mother's breast cancer.
OK, a play about breast cancer. When Ken Marlowe, a writer with Chicago''s Organic Theater Co. heard that''s what the Hope Cancer Care Network wanted, he braced himself for another dry, if well-meaning, "educational" production. ...
Measure N--Yea or Nay?
With elections come measures. Colorful logos pop up everywhere, easy to read as you drive by. Measure N promises better roads with repairs to the treacherous 101 through Prunedale. Is this measure too good to ...
A full roster of candidates vie for seats on the Salinas City Council.
Salinas, the largest city in Monterey County, is also the only local city to divide up its city council seats by district. And, while the mayor''s race is getting a lot of attention around the ...
