Issues / 2000 / Jul 06
New state budget kills Hatton Canyon Freeway--once and for all.
Road Wars After 48 years, the Hatton Canyon Freeway project is finally dead. On Friday, with the stroke of a pen, Gov. Gray Davis killed any remaining hopes that a freeway would be built through ...
From The Editorial Desk
It's not exactly the Civil War, but the great tide pool battles of Pacific Grove are pitting philosophical brother against brother. On one side of the battlefield is retired science teacher Jim Willoughby whose concern ...
At Massaro&Santos, the food really is as great as the view.
When I consider my travels, it''s become a cliche that restaurants with great views don''t always serve great food. I approached Massaro&Santos with that skepticism, only to have my stereotype subverted by this latest brainchild ...
Artifacts
Resting On His Laureates, or, Out, Out Brief Candle! Golden trout, poppy, dog-faced butterfly, Charles B. Garrigus. What do these things have in common? Eureka! They're all official state symbols of California. Although most folks ...
Squid Fry
Save Me From Myself! The other day, I was accosted by one of those assertive-bordering-on-obnoxious hired signature-gatherers as I exited my favorite discount store. "Save the Del Monte Forest!" she pleaded as she held out ...
Fish and Game warden John Ewald scours the Pacific Grove coast for illegal takers.
It''s a clear but typically windy Sunday afternoon in Pacific Grove. A 2pm low tide has pulled back the Pacific, revealing hundreds of micro-cosmic tide pools all along Point Pinos in which thousands of backbone-deficient ...
Your Letters
Open Letter to Sam Farr I''m very happy to see that you are striving to protect the rights of indigenous peoples far from your congressional district ("Occidental Tourists," 6/22-28). Now, how about doing something to ...
The Herald employees who were fired when Knight Ridder took over should be getting severance checks any day now. But that old wound is just the start of the troubles at Monterey's paper of record.
State of the Union Fluorescently lit, stuffy and furnished in cheap folding tables piled high with stacks of papers, the San Jose Newspaper Guild''s Monterey office looks like a campaign headquarters minus the banners and ...
Two Stanford students study human impacts on Point Pinos tide pools.
So what is the potential for human impact on the tide pools at Point Pinos? That''s a question that scientists have been unable to answer conclusively. But a study conducted this spring by two Stanford ...
Will the film industry ever create better roles for Latina actresses?
Moving Pictures Flamboyant hats topped with tropical fruit, seductive smiles and "come hither" eyes marked the early years of the "dark ladies of Hollywood." One of the first and best-loved was Lupe Velez, who danced ...
MIRA's astrophotography exhibit is a dazzling fusion of art and science.
Outer Limits Gaze up at the night sky when there''s no fog lingering and try to imagine what those twinkling specks look like up close. If you can picture the rocky landscape of Mars or ...
What Is Art?
Street Talk Try to define art. It''s a question of taste and of personal subjectivity. Whether it''s angelic works of realism or abstract statements, art is in the eye of the beholder. Or is it? ...
Strange and exciting new arrangements beckon musical adventurers.
Rock Trust those primal instincts that bid you to get funky--you are in for a real treat this week. The best way to thank the smart individuals who booked these gigs is to show up ...
Jim Willoughby and his grassroots band of tide pool crusaders have achieved results that environmental activists everywhere would envy.Why are they still not happy?
Twice a day, the Monterey Bay recedes during low tide, exposing a craggy fringe of oceanswept rock edging the Pacific Grove coastline. As the ocean withdraws, it leaves behind puddles of seawater in rocky depressions, ...
