Issues / 1999 / Oct 14
Squid Fry
Squid''s here to tell you that water board candidates Molly Erickson (Division 3) and Kris Lindstrom (Division 4) are far ahead of their respective opponents--in fundraising, anyway. Campaign finance statements reveal that, as of Sept. ...
The Real Housing Crisis
It''s instructional--perhaps revelatory--to know that the average price of a house in Monterey County is $337,295. There''s even a little bit of sympathy that could be extended to folks trying to make ends meet while ...
Singers/songwriters Steve Seskin, Peter Tork and Eric Andersen highlight week of original music.
What''s Up, Chuck? It''s largely a retro sort of week around town with appearances by ex-Monkee Peter Tork and Greenwich Village alumni Eric Andersen. But before we get to those well-known names, let''s start with ...
Today's trends in dining include ingredients that once were considered offal.
"Why," author MFK Fisher wants to know, "is it worse in the end, to see an animal''s head cooked and prepared for our pleasure than a thigh or a tail or a rib?" And furthermore, ...
Twenty-four years in the restaurant business, and not once has Gino's experienced a labor shortage.
That's just one of the benefits of being a family-run operation made up of five brothers and sisters, their various spouses, and six nieces and nephews. In the front of the house and in the ...
Rouse On!
Thank you for your recent article on the Monterey Coastal Initiative ("Taking the Initiative," 9/30). At first, the "Rabble Rousers" headline on the cover gave me pause. According to my dictionary, I''m not "rabble." Having ...
The Weekly's readers share their memories of the Loma Prieta earthquake.
On Oct. 17, 1989, the earth shook and dramatically changed many lives in Northern California. In this issue, at the approach of the 10th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake, we share our readers'' memories ...
The Uninvited attempts to go it alone.
Rock With their latest release, It''s All Good (Half-Baked Records), hitting the streets on Oct. 1, The Uninvited has turned its back on what frontman Steven Taylor describes as "corporate bureaucracy." With the release, the ...
In September 2000, Monterey is set to host an ambitious, world-class international film festival.
Cannes on the Pacific? Sundance in Seaside? More than a decade after the demise of the first, short-lived attempt to hold an annual film festival on the Monterey Peninsula, a local group has announced plans ...
In-your-face violence masks a surprisingly subversive movie about men and their fists.
In trailers for the film Fight Club, Brad Pitt keeps begging, "Hit me." Viewers who wish they could take him up on the offer will be surprised to discover that Fight Club is one of ...
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News BriefsMonterey Pays Up A seven-digit lawsuit against the city of Monterey has finally come to an end, with city officials forking over $2.5 million to a disgruntled property owner. That includes $1.05 million in ...
