Issues / 2001 / Jul 19
Alleged charges of bribery and illegal dumping fuel demand for $200,000 settlement.
The waters of Moss Landing harbor are churning. Last week, Jim Stilwell, the controversial harbormaster and general manager, faced dismissal by his employers, the harbor commissioners. Now he''s come back at them with the threat ...
Bring out the Net... Stairway to Heaven... Gates of Hell... Somewhere Between...
BRING OUT THE NET... Local audiences are notorious for waiting until the last minute to make plans (or at least reservations). Over the years, I've had phone calls from any number of angst-ridden event planners. ...
McNitt Ballroom passes its first test while Bruno Weil explores lesser-known, more overwrought Bach.
Principal flutist Robin Carlson Perry is a featured soloist in the Bach Festival''s moving rendition of St. Matthew Passion.The biggest unanswered question going in to this year''s Carmel Bach Festival concerned how the festival''s quality ...
Salinas will soon boast a new state-of-the-art large-animal hospital.
In the near 80-degree heat, Dr. Tim Eastman swelters inside khaki coveralls, the veterinarian''s version of scrubs. Squatting over Rocky, an anesthetized, lame Arabian, he slices a portion of tendon from the horse''s leg. The ...
Belle of the Bulb... Delicato Vineyards Best US Wine Producer... Lockwood Wine Dinner at Hullaballoo... Where''s Du Boeuf?
BELLE OF THE BULB... To be Queen of Garlic is something only 22 women to date can claim. Contestants are judged by a panel of six judges on personal interview, talent, garlic speech and evening ...
Streetalk.
That hometown feeling just seems to seep into the bloodstream, offering comfort zones in every nook and cranny. It is a wonder how important a sense of community can be to some people. As long ...
Your Letters
Vision SchmisionMost of us in Moss Landing would disagree with the caption "Taskmaster: Jim Stilwell, the strictly efficient general manager and harbormaster." If the writer had ventured further north or east of the Bear Flag ...
By Squid
BULLY PULPITSecretary of State Bill Jones, a Republican gubernatorial-hopeful with a, um, jones for proving Gov. Gray Davis the fool, began his insightful critique of the Davis administration's handling of the energy crisis with a ...
Voyagers trekking into the deep space of Final Fantasy will find little difference between fantasy and computer-generated reality.
Is it live? Is it Memorex? Does it matter? Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, another film based on a video game, forces one to ask some tough questions: For example, "If computer animation has advanced ...
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How the Lotus pose and deep breathing took a stressed-out woman and made her calm.
831 -- Tales from the Area Code Palm Pilots: Yoga Center teachers (clockwise from upper left) Kathleen Karachale, Diana Balesteri, Andy Seplow and Tay Scott take students by the hand and lead them to relaxation. ...
Black and Blue Blitzkrieg bounces off the ceiling and delivers a bruising musical experience.
Walking into KMBY''s new Black & Blue Blitzkrieg Band Competition is an adventure. You throw the doorman a few bucks and set yourself up in front of Blue Fin''s stage, waiting to be either aurally ...
Olympia Dukakis' star turn in The Cherry Orchard is perfect for Chekhov.
When she first walks on stage the feeling is electric. Her arrival has been much anticipated. Everyone is aware of her charisma, her glamour, her past achievements. The moment she enters the room, all eyes ...
Duffy's Tavern feels like one of those places where everyone knows your name.
Many of the restaurants around town have a bar in them. Usually, the bar is separate from the dining room, either in another room or, more often, far enough away from the dining room to ...
Pajaro breaks ground on a new $2.4 million flood-control project.
Rio Pajaro: When the Pajaro River overflowed its banks in 1995, as it does almost every wet winter, homes throughout the city of Pajaro were flooded. Sixty-three-year-old José Lopez has lived in the Railroad Avenue ...
