Issues / 2000 / Jan 13
From The Editorial Desk
You may find this week has articles from 12/30, which were never actually posted at their scheduled time, due to our Christmas break. We have chosen to post them now, since they deal with our ...
Artifacts
MLK Bust for Marina A 4-foot-tall clay bust of Martin Luther King, Jr. is ready for bronze casting and installation at Marina's planned outdoor Sculpture Habitat on Imjin Road. Monterey Sculpture Center owner Larry Fischer, ...
Anthony Minghella's The Talented Mr. Ripley provides showcase for actor Matt Damon.
You still have time to see The Talented Mr. Ripley, one of the best releases of the holiday season. Anthony Minghella (The English Patient) is the second director to adapt Patricia Highsmith''s novel of the ...
Squid Fry
Send a Letter to the Editor | Post a Public ForumOnly You Can Prevent Trademark Infringement! The latest Squid tidbit to grace my mailbox features beloved icon Smokey the Bear campaigning against the Monterey Coastal ...
Based on the high-profile killings of minorities in Monterey County and throughout the U.S., it's an ugly question that cries out for an answer.
"As they cannot become the equals of the whites, they will speedily show themselves as enemies." --Alexis de Toqueville, 1835 De Toqueville was referring, of course, to African-Americans, whose population was almost entirely enslaved by ...
Chef Profile
Pulling off the highway at Toro Place Cafe is a lot like stepping back in time, a sensation that helps create much of its appeal. It's been a while since you could fill up your ...
A trio of solo performances offer musical depth and range.
Don''t let the cute photo on the cover of Nicole Campbell''s new CD, Little Voice, fool you. There is nothing cute about Campbell''s voice nor the music (which includes violins, mandolins and recorders). While ballads ...
The past 12 months spelled the end of the line for some eateries, and a rash of new endeavors.
If there''s one thing the Y2K buzz was good for, it''s all the data that got safely stored away on cute, color-coded, safely archived disks. Looking back through the 52 stories that appeared on this ...
Whom The Police Are Killing
According to the cases compiled by the Stolen Lives Project, ethnic minorities are 10 times more likely to be killed by the police than white people, with blacks being 13 times more likely. Here's the ...
Artist Ron Dias brings the beauty of animation to the Central Coast.
You may not know his name, but if you''re a fan of animation and have been enthralled by such classics as Sleeping Beauty, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, or The Secret of NIMH, then you know ...
Black In Blue-- Black And Blue
Throughout the country, minority police officers have fallen victim to their trigger- and baton-happy white comrades. If you find it hard to believe that--at the turn of the 21st century--African-Americans, Latinos, and other minority citizens ...
Street Talk
Americans are working longer hours and finding more ways to stay awake. In this age of economic prosperity, you''d think people would have more time for individual pursuits. Is this the land of sleepy workaholics? ...
Stolen Lives
A new book grimly recounts more than 2,000 police-related deaths during the 1990s. More than 350 pages long and nearly an inch thick, one could easily mistake it for a phonebook. Stolen Lives: Killed by ...
Your Letters
Problems in Pagrovia It mystifies me when citizens have to go to the streets, the Rec Trail, the post office, and door-to-door to gather signatures of registered voters for initiatives, and form neighborhood ad hoc ...
