Issues / 2003 / Apr 24
Deep cuts proposed in Monterey.
There may be no fireworks in Monterey this Fourth of July. Between now and then, the city might reduce its workforce by more than 50. Fees for various city services could go way up. These ...
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PlaceboSleeping With GhostsAstralwerks/EmdSinger Brian Molko of the band Placebo has the kind of voice that communicates desperation and pain-not very pretty emotions, and not a very pretty voice. Placebo's popularity or lack thereof with certain ...
Letters to the Editor for Apr 24, 2003
The Forest Needs Foresters Although Eric Johnson's piece ["Bush's War Against Nature," April 17-23] deservedly harangues President Bush's environmental policies, the author's inspired prose about Sequoia is myopic. Landscapes, like individuals, are not static. Before ...
Speed-dating is all the rage, but our reporter isn't convinced.
Photo by Randy Tunnell: Hmmm... They say first impressions matter. That''s the idea behind speed dating, a new trend in matchmaking that''s like thrift shopping for love. It began in 1999 with a book by ...
Pacific Grove Jewel Box.
Photo: Everything in Its Place: Inside Sue Lewis'' adorable PG home, rooms are perfectly adorned with cozy, beautiful items that fit the spaces perfectly. Every morning, when Sue Lewis heads to work, she leaves her ...
Buried treasure, kid convicts and a curse that follows the generations--yeah, a comedy.
Photo: Who''s In Charge: Jon Voight, Sigourney Weaver and Tim Black Nelson are the wierdos in charge of Camp Green Lake. One way to make sure those Hollywood types don''t foul up the movie based ...
Streettalk
Q: When you were a teenager, what was the toughest thing you had to deal with?Follow Up: If you were in a gang what would it be called? Bill Buckhout Bookworks Owner | Pacific GroveA: ...
Squid Fry for Apr 24, 2003
DEAR SQUID...Squid's kinda like "Dear Abby" in that Squid's advice is always right on the money. So listen, err, read, and heed the truth according to Squid: Upon attempting to drive a car, wear a ...
Latino funnyman Carlos Mencia puts a little uplift in his skits.
Carlos Mencia is doing fairly well for himself these days. As an electrical engineering student at Cal State Univ. Los Angeles who was also holding down a full-time job at Farmer''s Insurance, Mencia decided on ...
8 Days
thursday 4|24 Knife Skills Class 10am. Charlie Vollmar teaches proper knife skills for chefs, including selection, handling and sharpening techniques. $80. 354 Orange Ave., Sand City. 373-3953. Relaxation Discussion 2pm. Paul Haider discusses his book ...
Hotpicks
Photos (from left to right): Chong's View-Thursday, He's A Diver, He's A Poet-Saturday, Ray Drummond-Saturday, Pronking Alpacas-Saturday, Aquarium's Dia Del Niño-Sunday. thursday 4|24 Memories of Forgotten Ancestors PHOTOGRAPHER ALBERT CHONG Chong was born in Kingston, ...
Susan Goldbeck's efforts to shake things up in Pacific Grove may lead to the courtroom.
Photo by Brett Wilbur In her weathered blue cottage a few blocks up from Lover''s Point in Pacific Grove, city councilmember Susan Goldbeck plays a game of "hamburger" with her dog Millie--tossing a rubber chew ...
Foodchain
AFTER ALL I DO FOR YOU...As you can well imagine I am just a hard-working, simple man trying to fulfill my responsibilities as an internationally famous food, wine and cultural anthropology writer. All right, maybe ...
When in East Salinas, it's salsa and beans all around.
Photo by Randy Tunnell: Family Affair: Sunday''s a big day at the Campos family''s Taqueria Jalisco. I''m quite certain Sundays were created with the word "tradition" in mind. They''re all about barbecues, sporting events, and ...
Carmel photographer, director and bon vivant is dead at 84.
Photo by Tim Barnwell: On the Job: Cole Weston teaching a workshop in Asheville, NC some 25 years ago. Photography legend and longtime Carmel resident Cole Weston died Sunday at the age of 84, on ...
Playing a woman dying of cancer in Wit goes beyond the cosmetic.
Photo by Randy Tunnell: Chemo Sister: Susan Forrest says the role of Vivian, a woman dying of cancer in Wit, allowed her to tap into personal feelings. When Susan Forrest got the call from Magic ...
Brazilian dancehall favorites return to Sly's.
SambaDa is unique. Hailing from Santa Cruz, the 6-year-old Brazilian dance band travels all over the state bringing Latin rhythms to the ears and consciousnesses of those who hear them. The band was formed in ...
Newsbriefs
MIIS For Sale? The president of the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS) would not take media calls on Tuesday after several reporters sought comment on rumors that the school was about to be sold. ...
Author Diane Wilson speaks about her 'escape' from the Witnesses.
Photo by Peg Jackson: Free At Last: Diane Wilson felt her life was not her own when she was a Jehovah''s Witness. Jehovah''s Witnesses--those nicely dressed, excruciatingly polite men and women who knock on people''s ...
It's easy for kids to get lost in Monterey County's most dangerous neighborhood.
Photos by Randy Tunnell The East Salinas neighborhood demarcated as Census Tract 7 is very young--whenschool lets out, kids fill the sidewalks. These youngsters peer over a fence at a street-side shoe sale behind an ...
PG Art Center's juried show doesn't startle, but does inform.
Photo: David Fleming''s "Berlin Hotel" took first place. The recently opened juried exhibition at the Pacific Grove Art Center presents an array of images that underscores the fact that competent, but not terribly profound, work ...
Artifacts
ARTS BUDGET CUTS... Monterey City Manager Fred Meurer wants to cut about $200,000 from arts funding to solve the city's $3.7 million budget gap. Among proposals under consideration as we go to press are reductions ...
