Issues / 1999 / Jun 03
Will new ownership change the Pebble Beach Co. development plan?
Speculation and rumor have been running as rampant as pine pitch canker through Del Monte Forest in the aftermath of last week''s stunning announcement that a group of high-flying investors--including golf legend Arnold Palmer and ...
Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?
Don''t You Just Love That Coastline It was Gertrude Stein who noted that "When you earn it and spend it, you know the difference between three dollars and a million dollars, but when you say ...
Artistic Oversight?--Was artistic quality overlooked as a criterion for the Monterey Symphony''s next conductor?
All the evidence has been collected, the testimony taken. The public hearing is closed. The jurists--the members of the search commitee--will now evaluate the Monterey Symphony''s field of music director candidates. The committee members are ...
The Weekly's endorsement for the Seaside City Council special election.
Whoever fills the vacant seat in this Tuesday's special election has his work cut out for him. At a time when the city of Seaside is being called upon to look to the future and ...
Central Coast premiere of Jon Marans' Pulitzer Prize nominee provides food for thought.
There are cases where life mirrors art, and there are times when art mirrors life. And then there are cases where you find art mirroring art mirroring life--take for example Pacific Repertory Theater''s Old Wicked ...
The Local Scene--From the man on the street to Lovers and Strangers, the music is all around you.
The other day, I was taking a break from the perils of life, sitting in front of Borders Books, Music and Caf, when a man walked past carrying a guitar case. Since I was sitting ...
Letters
Baggage Free After reading "Squid" in the May 20 issue, it is clear that it's "politics as usual" in Seaside. You would think that Helen Rucker, having in part caused the election by her abrupt ...
Here's a look at Seaside's top proposed developments, as decided in an all-day council workshop held May 22.
&bul; Courtyard by Marriott, a 140-room hotel, is slated for construction at 1350 Del Monte Blvd., near the Hampton Inn and M & S Home Center. The project is moving through the approval process, but ...
Seaside's special election could have enormous impacts around the county.
Sometimes, the smallest straw can break the camel''s back. Take Tuesday''s special Seaside City Council election, for instance. The much-ignored race--which pits two Seaside political veterans against a tough-on-crime newcomer--is bigger than it seems. It''s ...
Population Explosion--Human overpopulation has a disastrous effect on the environment.
Stabilizing our human population should be the No. 1 priority when it comes to protecting our environment. The United Nations has set this October as the month that world population will reach 6 billion. We ...
Supreme Court ruling a giant leap for Monterey but a small step for developers.
When the United States Supreme Court ruled last week in favor of a would-be land developer, you could almost hear the champagne corks popping across the country. While land developers celebrated the high court order ...
The Candidates, The Issues
Three candidates are actively vying to fill the vacant Seaside City Council seat left by the December resignation of Helen Rucker. &bul; Steve Bloomer, a 36-year Seaside resident, was a city planning commissioner from 1992 ...
Restaurant 211
A sparkling new interior gets paired up with a new name and where formerly there was Carmen's Place, there is now Restaurant 211. The impetus to re-invent the business was motivated by the desire to ...
Food As History
Every man, it has been said, has in him an autobiographical novel. It has been even better said that in most cases it should be kept inside him. However that may be, all of us ...
Roger Nygard's documentary chronicles the foibles of the extended "Star Trek" family.
So you think the hype surrounding that other sci-fi franchise is all that, huh? Here''s a quarter, kid. Go buy a reality gumdrop. This loving, give-''em-enough-rope documentary about the phenomenon of Gene Roddenberry''s "Star Trek" ...
Seaside Development--What's Needed?
As plans for development are put forth for Seaside, the question that arises is what will benefit the community and what will help to build that ever elusive bridge to the 21st century? Local residents ...
