Issues / 2000 / Jun 22
From The Editorial Desk
Monterey at Play Residents of the Central Coast enjoy a healthy play ethic. Project editor: Richard Pitnick Summer has officially arrived, and not a moment too soon for the hardworking residents of Monterey County. No ...
The Monterey Bay Blues Festival delivers a weekend full of good times and good blues on the smaller stages.
What''s Up, Chuck? It''s that time of year. Time for a good party, with good music, good food and good people. You know what time it is: Time for the annual Monterey Bay Blues Festival. ...
Fascinating Rhythms
The Monterey Peninsula Fencers' Club, which boasts members ages 5 to 75, has been together since 1971. Photos by Richard Pitnick. Carmel resident Rob Holt and Salinas resident Kate McFadden (left and center) have been ...
Team Spirit
Carmel Valley resident Doris Moore, 70, boasts a 168 bowling average as president of the Golden Monarch Senior Bowling League. Photo by Richard Pitnick. Kindergartners take to the field as part of the coed Salinas ...
Flights Of Fancy
Dune boarding in Sand City is the sport of choice for local snow hogs like Bryan Schaefer, who can't wait for winter to come around again. Photos by Bryan Schaefer. The Forest Theater Guild rehearses ...
Squid
The Highest Form of Flattery Squid was happy as a clam to hear that Monterey Mayor Dan Albert and Councilmember Clyde Roberson are leading a charge to protect the coast in their fine city. The ...
How Congressman Sam Farr and a local activist working on behalf of indigenous Colombians came to join forces against Occidental Petroleum.
It may be hard to envision the ties that bind the Central Coast to the ancestral land of the U''wa people in the Arauco region of northern Colombia. The U''wa are a community of 8,000 ...
San Francisco performance of Lou Harrison's work proves why he is so beloved.
Classical The San Francisco Symphony''s Michael Tilson Thomas has achieved the miraculous. He has found a way to pack Davies Symphony Hall with audiences who come to hear music they''ve never heard before. Can you ...
The Game Of Risk
Kimberly Dewit, a teacher at Alisal High School and Brian Popovitch, a recent Seaside High School grad, reach new heights at the Sanctuary Rock Gym in Sand City. Photos by Kurt Jensen. Salinas resident Dave ...
No one likes a noisy, smelly neighbor, and the people who moved in next to the airport are no exception.
Plane Truth The Monterey Peninsula Airport is a minor annoyance at least to a large number of Peninsula area residents. With flight paths that route planes over residential neighborhoods in Pacific Grove, Monterey and Del ...
Home, Home on the Page by Tai Moses
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, before the days of dot-coms and IPOs, little boys and girls longed to grow up to become cowboys and cowgirls. Willie Nelson did his best ...
Your Letters
Open Letter to KAZU Board... Some very strong objections have to be raised to prevent our community from losing a valuable resource, public radio station KAZU. The proposed "sale" of the station to California State ...
Street Talk
There''s no denying it: We are living in a dot com world. Millions of people use the Internet for business and pleasure every day. A few local folks share how they use the Internet in ...
