Issues / 2001 / Jun 14
How a downtown Salinas saloon became Public Enemy No. 1.
Bar Code Infraction: Two homicides in three years and numerous calls for other crimes have put Cap''s Saloon on Salinas Police Lt. Leonard Wilson''s radar. Some merchants think Cap''s doesn''t fit in with Oldtown Salinas'' ...
Robert Renard finds silver linings in the clouds.
831 -- Tales from the Area CodeThe day before I met Robert "Bob" Renard had been a big occasion. A record high of 89 degrees was recorded at his home (the official Monterey National Weather ...
Sand City's developmentally disabled employees bring home the gold and find meaningful work.
The Clean Team: Mugging for the camera are, back row, Chief Klein, Tong Shin, Public Works supervisor Fred Crocker, crew supervisor Terri Ely, Alex Magpusao and Amy Donohue of Hope. In front are Kristina Antczak ...
by Squid
Victory.comIt was the domain name dispute heard ''round the world. OK, not quite. But City of Salinas v. Brian Baughn was a sizable moral victory for disgruntled gadflies everywhere, as Salinas lost its futile attempt ...
Monterey Pop Revisited Schedule
Friday, June 15, 6-8pm The Opening Night Reception at the Monterey History Center featuring "Monterey Pop Revisited," a newly installed exhibit that features classic and never-before-seen Monterey Pop photos by Lisa Law, Elaine Mayes and ...
The Monterey International Pop Festival was just one chapter in photographer Lisa Law's chronicle of cultural change.
By now, it''s axiomatic: If you can remember the ''60s, you weren''t there. Fortunately, somebody was taking pictures, and we can fill in the blanks with a little help from our friends. One of these ...
Destination: Salinas... Accessorize Your Cheese... Work and Play
Destination: Salinas... In the last couple of years, the culinary scene in Salinas has been completely reinvented. The addition of several new restaurants, renovations and a wine tasting room have all brought a buzz to ...
Your Letters
Inspired Fan Moved to VersePublished and understood,Finger-licking good.Your thoughts are ever so kind,Asking readers for a piece of their mind.Many loving expressions every Thursday,Those Weekly copies in racks don't stay.Many cafes to wine and dine,In ...
Streetalk.
Here''s a little advice for the young people who have just graduated high school: Drinking doesn''t solve or do a damned thing for anybody. This year, many students chose to participate in a sober graduation ...
Director Ken Loach turns his camera on the invisible Latino workforce in Los Angeles but barely brings them into focus.
Over the course of his 30-year career, British film director Ken Loach has carved out a unique and brutally consistent style of socially committed filmmaking and his most recent film, Bread and Roses, is no ...
After Sweet Thing's nasty shotgun episode, Lincoln Court provided an elegant, luxurious place to dine, unwind and soothe the mind.
I made the reservation for Friday night, figuring Sweet Thing and I would get dressed up and treat it like a romantic date at a fine restaurant. Leaving ourselves the minimum time possible to get ...
Stock characters are given new depth in MPC production of Tom Ziegler's Grace and Glorie.
Neva Hahns and Jolie Kobrinsky star as a mismatched pair of women facing their own tragedies in Grace and Glorie, the lyrical dramedy now playing in Carmel.Grace and Glorie--a fine play by Tom Ziegler, charmingly ...
The many-splendored Tan Bark Trail in Big Sur provides relief and inspiration for the world-weary.
Playing AroundThe short hike up the Tan Bark Trail to the old Tin House in Big Sur always opens my mind, centers me, and leaves me immune to stress for days. Within 50 yards of ...
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My, How He's Grown / Honesty, the Best Policy
My, How He''s Grown... Many and many a year ago in this kingdom by the sea, a young writer by the name of Gersh Kuntzman joined the staff of the fledgling Coast Weekly. Fast-talking, neurotic ...
Monterey Pop Festival veterans look back on the idyllic gathering that cleared the path to Woodstock and sowed the seeds of cultural change.
Marijuana was illegal but LSD was not. The Beatles had just released Sergeant Peppers'' Lonely Hearts Club Band. In 1967, as hordes of hippies poured into the sleepy backwater village that was Monterey, no one ...
