Issues / 2002 / Aug 15
Soaring costs in Prunedale threaten 20 years of future county road projects.
Photo by Randy Tunnell. Photo: The Long Unfinished Road-the Prunedale bypass project is far over budget and a long way off. The current construction is not bypass related. A massive cost overrun on the project ...
Jeff "Tain" Watts steps out in front with his own quartet.
Photo: Stick Man...Jeff "Tain" Watts began his career auspiciously as the drummer in Wynton Marsalis'' first band, and has gone on to play with some of the best musicians in jazz. Jeff "Tain" Watts, the ...
EV1, General Motors' experiment with electric cars, succeeded wildly. But the car is headed to the scrap heap anyway.
The car glided into my driveway with a futuristic Batmobile whine, and a man I''d never seen before jumped out and announced he was in a hurry. "Doctor''s appointment in ten minutes," he said. "I ...
Asked at Mal's in Seaside
Q: Should parents be allowed to make up children''s names at birth? FOLLOW UP: Are there any names that you really dislike? Andy Ciandro Mal''s Worker/Seaside A: I mean no, but who is going to ...
Rene's Bistro takes on the old Clock space with Mediterranean vigor.
Photo by Randy Tunnell. Photo: New Flame-Souffles and duck cassoulets are not to be missed at Rene''s Bistro. Someone had to take over the Space Formerly Known As The Clock, prime indoor-outdoor property in the ...
Blood Work is no The Unforgiven, but it still has babes, good characters and Clint Eastwood.
Photo: Call It Good-Clint Eastwood stars as a retired detective drawn back to the job in Blood Work. Clint Eastwood is back directing and starring in a new suspense thriller that is scripted by Brian ...
Letters
Article Was Nothing But Rumor As a Carmel Unified School Administrator, I am deeply frustrated with the article "Hooking Up" [July 25-31]. Without citing any evidence, or even presenting any refutable details, the Weekly accused ...
Tommy Castro returns to Sly's on Saturday.
Photo: Brand Name Blues-for his upcoming album, Northern California blues favorite Tommy Castro has formed his own label. The soulful, gritty guitarist Tommy Castro is no stranger to Monterey Bay blues lovers. A regular performer ...
Newsbriefs
Community Action Commission Seeks South Countyites As everybody knows, Monterey County''s one of the least affordable places to live in the U.S. It''s difficult for cops and teachers to get by and even harder for ...
The Western Stage's Man of La Mancha strikes a deep chord.
Photo by Richard Green Photo: Three''s A Charm-Sarah Jebian, Paul Myrvold and Lawrence-Michael C. Arias shine in Man of La Mancha. This season marks a transition for The Western Stage. The new leadership of this ...
Drivers of the world unite. We have nothing to lose but our Blobs.
Photo by Martin Odom. Automobiles were never conceived merely as transportation. The designers of automobiles from the beginning may have set out to solve the problem of getting around, but they had grander visions of ...
ArtiFacts is a weekly column dedicated to news and happenings from the local arts scene. Please send cultural tidbits, gallery gossip, hungry musicians yearning to be free to sue@coastweekly.com.
MORE AND LESS ART AT KAZU As 90.3 FM continues its painful morphing from local, volunteer-hosted programming to Something Else, yet another cultural tradition housed in its bowels has bit the dust. KAZU''s "Up to ...
Foodchain
TAX CREDITS FOR LOYAL DINERS...I was talking to my man Chuck Hunsaker, the former chef turned Better Brands Food Company rep, and he mentioned that there are 90 restaurants in Carmel (I think that''s counting ...
There are worst things MPC could do than put on everyone's favorite rock 'n' roll musical.
Photo: Greased Back-tight skirts and ducktails are the rule in MPC''s production of Grease. Thanks to a terrific cast, a talented band, gravity-defying choreography and solid direction, Monterey Peninsula College''s production of Grease is a ...
The 12 singers of Chanticleer pay tribute to a legendary German cabaret act.
Photo: Historical Note-the Grammy award-winning ensemble Chanticleer is modeling their next show on the work of The Comedian Harmonists, who were disbanded in Hitler''s Germany. Music director Joseph Jennings is wearing glasses. In their heyday, ...
When ham radio operators speak into the void, the void speaks back.
Photo by Randy Tunnell. Photo: From Here to the Ionosphere-Pat Barthelow has been a ham radio enthusiast since he was 16. The Marina Amateur Radio Association, which he heads, lucked into Fort Ord''s equipment when ...
Squidfry
AN OLIVER TWIST... Sometimes Squid feels disoriented by this mad, mad, mad, mad, mad, mad world. Sometimes Squid feels as if nothing is permanent. Sometimes Squid feels sad, frightened and alone, and Squid hides under ...
Best Of The Rest
Photo: Faithful Pal--Guide dog field day Sunday.thursday 8|15 Art Unveiling Noon-2pm. The One Voice Arts and Leadership Program unveils the outdoor mural it painted this summer at the Prunedale library. 17822 Moro Rd., Salinas. 796-3313. ...
Endorphin.com documents life on the Monterey Peninsula.
Photo by Randy Tunnell. Photo: If You Film It, They Will Come-Bob Franco, left and Bill Phillips want their short digital documentaries to draw tourism to the Peninsula. Pacific Grove is not a loft kind ...
Zoning change at Rancho San Carlos could nullify Measure M, opponents say.
The developers of the Rancho San Carlos subdivision, according to their opponents, are stealthily trying to build commercial facilities on the 20,000-acre Carmel Valley tract. Again. A hard-fought 1996 ballot referendum known as Measure M ...
Long-awaited 'Plan B' calls for de-sal plant.
Last week, the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) released the highly-anticipated report on a new water supply for the Monterey Peninsula, "Plan B." The alternative to the controversial proposed Carmel River dam (Plan A) would ...
