Issues / 2000 / Jul 13
Pebble Beach Company says it's using the ballot initiative to get public input on its new plan for development of the Del Monte Forest. Did we mention they'll win whether it passes or not?
Ballot Boxing To say Ted Hunter feels betrayed by Pebble Beach Company would be an understatement. "I''m damn mad," snorts the 18-year Pebble Beach homeowner. Hunter''s blood is boiling over a ballot initiative the company ...
Your Letters
Skip Tide Pools, Visit Aquarium As an avid enthusiast and supporter of the Monterey Bay Aquarium, I would like to express my concern about the ever-increasing reduction of collecting spots for its public displays and ...
From The Editorial Desk
Marinated or fried, in cioppino or on a platter, squid is one of our area's favorite edible delicacies. Ever wonder how they got to your plate? This week's cover story looks at the life and ...
Come to the Dark Side, Michael, It Is Your Destiny!
Well, reel Squid in, fry me up and bathe me in a bath of blood-red cocktail sauce. Never in all my long, smart-aleck life would I have thunk this. Rick Heuer, a past frequenter of ...
Thousands of workers in Monterey County are legally required to report child abuse, but whether they're being sufficiently trained is anyone's guess.
Report Card Last year in Monterey County, 3,268 people picked up the phone to report possible cases of child abuse. Many were neighbors and family members, but 85 percent of them were "mandated child abuse ...
Bands of our blood play it to the bone this week.
Rock You find the essence of real American musician in the punk attitude that was, and still is, an American revolution. And this week, there is enough youthful attitude to set your fires of patriotism ...
New restaurant causes a delicious commotion in Salinas.
Dining Review For too long, Salinas, a hardworking town with a penchant for growing lettuce, has played a supporting role to that glamorous temptress, the Monterey Bay coastline. Hullabaloo, a bright new light in Salinas'' ...
Stephen Kessler turns paradoxes into poetry in his new book, After Modigliani.
After reading Stephen Kessler''s poems in After Modigliani, I feel like I''ve been in his head, his heart, his bed, his typewriter and in his shoes for the past few turbulent decades. They are places ...
Sen. Bruce McPherson brings Monterey County one step closer to an ag research facility.
Dirt Deal At the 10 University of California agricultural research centers scattered throughout the state, theory and practice meet every day on the ultimate proving ground. These are the laboratories where academic farmers with degrees ...
Artifacts
Icon Believe It The Weston Gallery is hosting an exhibit of 20 portraits by the celebrated photographer Yousuf Karsh (now 91 and retired). Karsh has photographed many, if not most, of the icons of the ...
Squid aren't just tasty. They're smart and social, too.
The little critter causing all the hype from southern Baja to Monterey and up to Alaska is the Loligo opalescens, otherwise known as the California market squid. Although squid are technically in the phyla of ...
