Issues / 2003 / Mar 13
The Lalla Lounge brings Alvarado Street to Salinas.
Photo by: Randy Tunnell. Photo: Line ''Em up: Lalla''s Lounge opens a whole new world of after-work fun in Salinas. It was Mardi Gras the night Aries and I decided to pop over to Lallapalooza''s ...
The social commentary written into A Thousand Clowns doesn't span the years.
Photo: Chuckling Out Loud: Cliff Berry tries to make Clayton McCurdy chuckle, but only Greg Falge falls for it. Now 40-plus years old, Herb Gardner''s A Thousand Clowns clearly shows its age. In the early ...
Squid Fry for Mar 13, 2003
CITIZEN DENHAM...If freshman state Senator Jeff Denham opened his mouth and there was nary a flak in Sacramento to fax a press release to, would he make a sound? Squid thinks not, judging from the ...
Wandering couple live in their van and work to save the environment.
Photo by: Phil McKenna Fifteen months ago, Jonathan Carpenter and Erin McDonald drove into Big Sur in a 1970 Volkswagen van with a "Don''t Mess with Texas" sticker plastered on the rear bumper. The van, ...
InBalance makes straight-up hard-rock sound like they invented it.
Not Just Your Average Bar Band: Inbalance makes its own kind of noise. It started, as many bands do, in high school. Ten years ago, Ethan Roberts, Orion Williams, Tony Gomez and Chris Thomas were ...
Letters to the Editor for Mar 13, 2003
You Gotta Move The heartfelt letter "One Big Question" (March 6-12) asks perhaps the most important query by many residents in the greater Monterey Bay area: "Why can't we afford to live here?" The writer ...
Hotpicks
thursday 3|13 Pictures Of Precision PHOTOGRAPHER CHARLES CRAMER Santa Clara County photographer Charles Cramer graduated from the Eastman School of Music as a classical pianist, but was quickly swept up by the magic of photography ...
Bed and History in Pacific Grove
Photo: Gateway to Relaxation: Just up from the water, this Victorian bed-and-breakfast offers fluffy beds and great food. In 1884, California state Senator Benjamin Langford finished the construction of a grand Victorian home on Central ...
News Briefs
Water War Peace Talk At CSUMB Senator Bruce McPherson will host a panel discussion about the future of the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District Thursday, March 13, from 7-9pm, in the University Center Ballroom, Building ...
PacRep delivers thoughtful production of the award-winning family drama.
Photo: In Her Father''s Shadow: Lucinda Serrano (above) is at the heart of an academic storm; Serrano battles Tim Hart for the rights to a proof. The winner of both a Tony Award and a ...
Foodchain
BATTLING ILLNESS...I'm starting off this week with a bit of unfortunate news. Santos Palacios, a stalwart in Ted Walter's kitchen at Passionfish, has been battling for his life after almost succumbing to a breakdown of ...
Discspace
Hollywood Hate Product of Our Environment / TKO It isn't easy being a legit punk band these days; unlike it's equally-aged cousin, rap/hip-hop, it's still rock music played by guitars n' drums and it's far ...
Monterey County's safety-net hospital struggles to deliver quality care while dollars disappear.
Photo by Randy Tunnell: Dr. Mario Quintero (left and above) worked in the fields as a child before going on to Yale, med school and then Natividad. Dr. Mario Quintero says last Tuesday was typical, ...
Former Vietnam War activist speaks at social justice confab.
Photo by Phil McKenna: Earl Martin Earl Martin, a member of a Mennonite "human shield" project, says he feels a moral imperative to resist the war against Iraq, just as he did during the Vietnam ...
8 Days A Week
thursday 3|13 St. Patrick's Day Dance Noon. Seniors are welcome to wear green and share in the Irish cheer at this dance, featuring music from the Scott Brown Trio. $3. Oldemeyer Center, 986 Hilby St., ...
Performances by talented comedic actors manage to keep this film afloat.
Photo: Tell It Sister: Queen Latifah lets Steve Martin and Eugene Levy know what''s what in Bringing Down The House. Some fine comedy performances bolster this thinly plotted film (the script is by first-timer Jason ...
Loss of arable ground inspires the American Farmland Trust to cultivate new tools for preservation.
Photo: The Agriculture and Land Based Training Association helps farmworkers develop the skills needed to run their own farms. Between 1988 and 1998, California converted almost half a million acres of farmland into housing tracts, ...
Give It Up: Asked at San Carlos Cathedral in Monterey
Q: What are you giving up for Lent this year? Follow Up: What is your favorite fish-Friday dish? Yvonne Williby Office Manager/Pacific Grove A: I decided that I''m going to give up breads for the ...
Artifacts
MAC AND AVA ON OPRAH...Monterey filmmaker/producers Terri DeBono and Steve Rosen labored for four years on Accidental Hero: Room 408, a moving portrayal of a high school speech teacher from Union City, California, who molded ...
Telecom giant promises to be nice.
The nationwide takeover of cable television service from AT&T Broadband to Comcast late last year has elicited a few complaints from confused consumers. But the massive Comcast promises to deliver a technological future that is ...
