Issues / 2000 / Apr 06
Star Sushi presents diners with another reason to feast in Marina.
Marina as a dining destination? Somehow the concept hadn''t exactly seen the dawn in my culinary consciousness. That is until recently, when I decided to spend a good chunk of a day investigating MoCo''s northern ...
More and more, Californians are choosing to make up the rules themselves through ballot initiatives. Is grassroots law making democracy in action or mob rule?
Martha Norton isn''t sure where they got her name. But when the representative for a group of conservation activists phoned her Monterey home in 1968, she readily agreed to help them. The group was working ...
Carmel Bach Festival hosts early Italian sizzle.
Classical Symphony orchestras would have nothing to play were it not for the spade work done by Italian musicians in the early 17th century. On Sunday afternoon, in a program dedicated to those heavy lifters, ...
Street Talk
It''s federal tax time again, and whether you''re dishing out cash to Uncle Sam or anxiously awaiting a refund, the deadline is at hand. That got us thinking about taxes in general. Where does all ...
Your Letters
Howling at the Weekly As faculty at CSUMB, we would like to express our great disappointment in the Weekly for its one-sided and inaccurate story on the issue of e-mail on our campus ("Crying E-Wolf," ...
Monterey County voters take the law into their own hands.
On a foggy Pacific Grove morning, Lee Willoughby, clipboard in hand, stands just outside the automatic doors of the Forest Hill Safeway. You can find her there or at the P.G. Post Office just about ...
Big Sur locals have created an innovative afterschool arts education program.
Living in Big Sur--it''s a dream for many of us, a place where the seductive beauty of the redwoods, the coast''s rugged cliffs, and panoramic scenic views confronts harsh reality; winter storms, 100-mile per hour ...
Artifacts
Sci Fi Fantasy Monterey resident and author Sean Stewart is up for one of the most prestigious awards available in the science-fiction/fantasy genre during the Nebula Awards Weekend in New York City in mid-May. His ...
It's a long way 'til November, but Seaside politics look surprisingly peaceful.
Seaside It''s beginning to look like a quiet political year in Seaside. That''s surprising, not just because two council seats and the mayor''s seat are up for grabs in November, but also in light of ...
Carmel-by-the-Sea City Council candidates focus on money, mail and parking meters.
Carmel Elections In a town best known for once having a movie star for a mayor, Carmel politicians are facing tough election bouts due to a shaky financial picture, historic preservation debates, and, of all ...
John Cusack's High Fidelity makes heartbreak look (and sound) great.
John Cusack is a wily devil. It isn''t enough that he''s been drinking from the fountain of youth since the last time he worked with British director Stephen Frears on The Grifters in 1990, with ...
Squid Fry
If Ever There Was An Argument For Restricting Caffeine Intake Leave it to Morgan Christopher, proprietor of Morgan''s Coffee & Tea, to try and outdo the Weekly''s best ever April Fool''s joke. Last year on ...
Voters say they're overwhelmed by the number of initiatives, but they don't want to give them up.
One of the biggest complaints about the initiative process is that it's overused. Of the 20 state propositions on the March 7 California ballot, half were put there by way of initiative. Countless local measures ...
