Issues / 1999 / May 20
Singin' Some Blues--Doc's: the rest of the story; Curtis Salgado, Kenny "Blue" Ray, and Lucy Kaplansky.
As we reported last week, Doc''s Nightclub will close its doors as of June 5, and its equipment will be moved to the Long Bar. While it''s tough to predict what the long-term effects on ...
Blarney Pays Off--Frank Patterson was charming; Camerata men were alarming.
In his only West Coast appearance this season, tenor Frank Patterson fully confirmed his international reputation last Friday, and charmed the girls as well. With a showman''s blend of Irish lyricism and blarney, this veteran ...
Director Alejandro Amenabar's second film is a surreal, twisty tour de force.
Winner of seven Goya Awards (Spanish Oscars), this sophomore feature by director Amen bar is a deeply complex, psychological mind warp of a film that begs to be viewed more than once, if only to ...
Sand City not thrilled by State Parks' desire to obtain coastal property.
Sand City doesn''t need another park. At least that''s what Sand City Community Development Director Steve Matarazzo says. And talk of negotiations between SNG Development Company, the Big Sur Land Trust and the California State ...
Letters
Beyond Reason It wasn't that long ago that the Californians fought Fremont in the mustard plants at the mouth of the Salinas River, the mustard plants being direct descendants of the seed spread by men ...
Listen up, council--The Mountain Valley referendum delivers important message to Salinas City Council.
Many rumors have been spread about the motivations behind a community-based effort to put the Mountain Valley Project on the ballot. In seeking to label members of Citizens for Responsible Growth and their supporters as ...
Cafe Abrego
It's always been something of a local landmark, with the towering clock on the terrace keeping time as various owners came and went. Until a few months ago the place was the Clock Garden, a ...
Athletic teams may get the lion's share of the attention, but school administrators say they don't necessarily get the lion's share of a district's budget.
In these days of tight budgets, the majority of the money that supports any program comes from fundraising. Most teams and bands do serious extra fundraising on the side to purchase things like new uniforms ...
Recycled shower doors and windows. Discarded paint. Jonathon Higgins turns discards into art.
Jonathon Higgins'' discovery of a new medium for his creative expression is a perfect example of pure serendipity. Two years ago, during the El Ni¤o floods, Higgins was renting a house behind a plumbing shop ...
Running in Circles
All''s Well That''s Bakewell Last week, Seaside City Council candidate and former six-term Mayor Lance McClair was invited by an unnamed individual who McClair characterizes as a "distinguished community leader" to what was supposed to ...
Business As Usual--In anticipation of its closure, Doc's has some sizzling treats in store for you.
So, it looks like I''ll be packing my pencil and pad and moving from Doc''s over to the Long Bar come June. Granted, rumors were flying that Doc''s would be closing, but when you get ...
Did the Army violate federal law by disbanding the local RAB?
In the aftermath of last week''s announcement by the Army that it was disbanding the Fort Ord Restoration Advisory Board (RAB), critics of the decision charge that the Army may have violated federal law and ...
Fruit Of The Vine
If participating in viticultural pursuits and operating a motor vehicle has always seemed like a bad idea, there''s some good news for lovers of the grape. Evan Oakes will be more than happy to take ...
Early transfer of former Fort Ord lands could leave civilians stuck with contaminated property.
Last month, a metal detector-wielding contractor hired by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) swept his instrument across an eight-acre section of former Fort Ord land. As the EPA''s sophisticated detector shot electric current ...
Grading School Sports--Fair Play
Few would deny that American adults live in a competitive world. But when it comes to school sports, should our children be subject to the cruel reality of competitive tryouts? Monterey High School students share ...
Public school sports programs are destined to create WINNERS and LOSERS. It''s great to be a winner, but what happens to the losers?
On a sunny spring morning in April, two high school students in a well-groomed suburb of Colorado targeted jocks and minorities in a shooting rampage that left 12 students and one teacher dead. We''ll never ...
Salinas painter John Cerney's art makes reality look small.
This artist''s studio is an industrial warehouse. His favorite tool is a post-hole digger. His gallery is the great outdoors and his audience is everyone who drives along expecting to see nothing more than the ...
