Issues / 2001 / May 17
A group of irate civilians takes on the Army.
Housing Activists Prefer Haines: Pacific Grove attorney Jane Haines thinks the current system for distributinginclusionary housing cheats those who lack schmoozing skills.The Army has been sued over Fort Ord. Again. This time it''s over the ...
Monterey Bay Aquarium showcases one of life's most mesmerizing creatures
831 -- Tales from the Area Code Here is the sort of thought an aquarium full of yellow Pacific seahorses can inspire: If you are the kind of person who nearly runs people over with ...
Your Letters
Bring Back ResortWhat was all the hype ("Desolation Rows," April 26)? Visiting the newly "renovated" Galaxy 6 Theater was more than a disappointment. New carpet and fancy uniforms would not be my description of "renovated." ...
A culinary journey to Carmel Valley's Los Laureles Restaurant and its classic saloon proves to be a tasty trip down memory lane.
Just over the hill, vast expanses of rolling countryside beckon lovers of the outdoors. Ranches, vineyards, golf courses, hiking trails, farms and small villages are all the order of business out in Carmel Valley. Taking ...
This year's Carmel Art Festival offers art lovers a chance to learn about the artistic process from the artists themselves.
Grand traditions call for grand celebrations. This Thursday-Sunday''s 8th annual Carmel Art Festival promises to be the grandest of all with new special events added to the host of art-related activities that pay tribute to ...
This weekend's Big Sur Experimental Music Festival doesn't just play at being different.
If you remember back a few years, say, just after Pearl Jam hit the top of Billboard but before Kurt Cobain killed himself, you surely will recall the term "alternative rock." Musicians in this weekend''s ...
Warren Beatty-bashing sex experts aren't aroused by his limp Town & Country.
''Oh my god! That was so painful!" "You know, I''d really like some mint tea."And there you are. The first of these two evocative utterances is delivered by Anne Semans, author and sex expert, as ...
Streetalk.
Tim McVeigh got an unlikely stay of execution last week when it was revealed that the FBI had not turned over all its evidence during trial. Who suffers more from the delay? Is it the ...
We want you.
Coast Weekly is on a headhunting expedition to add to our music writers arsenal. if you think you have what it takes to write about rock, classical, blues, jazz, folk, pop or any other form ...
CSUMB instructor Fran Spector Atkins takes an essential step in making Monterey a Mecca for dance.
Fran Spector Atkins is no flighty dancer speaking in vague, self-conscious half-truisms. She is articulate, driven and high-energy, with a passionate belief in dance''s power to transform. Looking out across the derelict buildings and windswept ...
But Bob Dylan, at 60, remains unstoppable.
''Never make your muse your mistress," the poet Kirby Doyle once counseled me. He meant, I''ve since learned, that when the one whose soul most closely rhymes with your own is near at hand, inspiring ...
From The Editorial Desk
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When it comes to getting in on affordable housing developments, it helps to know the right people. But that's about to change.
Mark Poehner doesn''t own a home here, but he would like to. For now, the first grade teacher and his family dwell in a cramped apartment in Monterey, and with rents continuing to rise beyond ...
Credibility undercuts She Stoops to Conquer's cartoonish characters' hot blooded nature.
Oliver Goldsmith''s She Stoops to Conquer is a historically interesting bit of theater. It was first produced in 1773, a couple years after the Boston Tea Party and some 13 years into the reign of ...
While Monterey's lovingly tended open spaces shine the color of money, Seaside battles just to keep the glass out of its sandboxes.
Almost as fast as parks crew chief Bob Beesin and his two-man crew dig holes in the dirty sandlot of Seaside''s Beta Park, a wily mutt with pointed ears steps in the holes and fills ...
by Squid
The Daily GrindSquid often wonders what it would be like to work at a daily newspaper, to actually break the news each day and not have to sit on your hands and wait for Thursdays ...
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Screen Time This Saturday at the Monterey Conference Center, the Monterey County Film Commission hosts its annual screenwriting day. The event features a bevy of Hollywood cognoscenti who will give advice and offer hope for ...
