Issues / 2002 / Feb 14
Seven veterans and one outsider agree that the department is a mess, and they're running to clean it up.
Photo by Randy Tunnell. Photo: Mike Kanalakis has money, a plan and the support of the deputies. Lonnie Heffington has administrative experience and South County cred. One of them is likely to end up Sheriff. ...
Arnold Schwarzenegger's newest action movie is even stupider than an Arnold-Schwarzenegger action movie.
Photo: In Collateral Damage, How can you tell when Arnold Schwarzenegger is angry? happy? sad? Answer: You guess. If I tell you this film is a subpar action mishap, does that mean the terrorists win? ...
Magic Circle hits all the right notes in Lend me a Tenor.
Photo: Sarah Andrews, Mike Robbins and Roo Hornady star in Lend Me a Tenor. One of the best pieces of fluff-and-nonsense you''re likely to see this year is playing at Magic Circle Center. Lend Me ...
The Taliban leadership have escaped unharmed. The Northern Alliance is brutal. So what are we fighting for?
"In four short months," George W. Bush told us in his State of the Union address, "our nation has comforted the victims; begun to rebuild New York and the Pentagon; rallied a great coalition; captured, ...
Finally, a great poet that everyone gets.
The word "charm" has ancient roots meaning "song" or "incantation." A spoken charm, coaxed out of the alchemy of language, was like a poem, a spell to delight a lover, entrance a crowd, even ward ...
Words. At High Noon...
I''m one of those liberals that no one can like: not even other liberals. I''m the kind who believes that guns don''t kill people, people kill people. That banning guns to save society is akin ...
Twenty years after his wife left him in grief, a grandfather learns to love again.
Manuel Aragon was devastated by his wife''s death. He withdrew from the world for a long time after Rachel passed. But he''s held on to life, to their life, though at times he''s unsure why ...
A Great Guy, Always There, Instant Friends
Photo: Pamela Mielke is just one of the people who had high praise for the late John Chadwell. A GREAT GUY... Thereare some people who transcend society''s stultifying morass of mediocrity, who illuminate the pathway ...
Story Left Wrong Impression, Story Missed the Point, Story Ignored Science, Story Portrays Non-Crisis, Editor's Note
Story Left Wrong Impression The article "Sanctuary or Knot" left some readers with the impression that I was ready to expand the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary''s involvement in fishing issues. That is not the ...
Hot Picks
friday 2|15 Under the Sea ISLAND DANCE PARTY Ready for a little island fun? How about getting the underwater scoop on the mating games of some of Monterey Bay''s swinging sea life? This Valentine''s Day, ...
40 Acres and A Pool...
For lo these many years, Squid has taken perverse delight in scanning County Planning Commission agendas for the latest examples and insecurity as manifested through architectural aggression. And there''s been plenty of reading entertainment: a ...
Sometimes you lose when you bet the farm on love. But rest assured, you'll be back for more.
It''s funny that we all consider ourselves so unique, when our responses to lost love are so similar. Remember that last breakup? Solid food was off-limits for a week. Sleep was a stranger. Drinking and ...
Mt. Olympus, Asked in Monterey
Q: What do you think the Olympics are all about? Follow Up: Who is your favorite Olympian? Jason Johnson Bike mechanic/Seaside A: It''s just about athletes and how much training and dedication they have. I ...
Forget the bedroom. There's more romantic peril at the dinner table than anyplace else.
When two human beings come together and create a relationship, it''s an amazing process, full of mystery and grace. But take that process apart and look at how food factors in, and you''ll get a ...
Clandestine pipes in the wilderness.
Although Houston, Texas, may seem an unlikely base of operations for a Celtic band, it is, in fact, the home of Clandestine, a band that''s highly regarded both in the United States and abroad. At ...
It's only rock 'n' roll to this band of Rolling Stones impersonators.
Photo: The Unauthorized Rolling Stones bring their tribute show to Blue Fin on Friday. The Unauthorized Rolling Stones isn''t the only Rolling Stones tribute band making rounds, but it''s one of the newest. It was ...
Best Of The Rest
thursday 2|14 Toastmasters Morning 6:35am. Every Thursday morning the Toastmasters meet to practice public speaking. Unitarian Universalist Church, 490 Aguajito, Carmel. 641-0652. A Walk for Lovers (And Lovers of Carmel) 10am. Find out where Carmel's ...
For two Peninsula photographers, a once-endangered printing process has become a tool they can't do without.
Photo: Tom Millea''s "Karoline, 2000" showcase the rich, dark tones for which the platinum process is revered. An often overlooked vein of creative photography courses through the mother lode of contemporary art. The platinum process ...
Sam and Fidel discuss food and medicine.
Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, returned from Cuba Feb. 8 with a painting by Cuban artist Aguedo Alonso and a cigar, both gifts from Fidel Castro. Farr hopes to donate the painting to a permanent collection ...
Taking refuge in the absurd.
I am a man in turmoil; a boiling cauldron of sudden uncertainties due to brand-new doubts; I roll over in my sleep, in my mind, in my clothes. Things I thought I knew I no ...
