Issues / 2003 / Aug 07
Artifacts
WILL WORK FOR FOOD... Bruce Moody was 60 years old and living in the Bay Area 10 years ago when he lost his job. Unable to put food on the table, he began standing by ...
Rain of Gold brings one Mexican family's story to the Western Stage.
Photo: Original illustrations from mural by Jose Ortiz: Every Mother''s Son: Actors in this collage portray three generations of Victor Villasenor''s family. Most families in the United States don''t have to flip too far back ...
Kevork Mourad's art speaks of human violence and aspiration.
Photo: "The Land of Uruk," Kevork Mourad Whenever humans behave badly, the earth suffers. War and industrialization scratch at the earth''s face, leaving scars. These signs of our violence cut deep, gouging through the promise ...
Letters to the Editor for Aug 07, 2003
Growers Care About WorkersI would like to address some statements that were made in a recent Coast Weekly article ["Poisoned Harvest," July 17-23]. The article inaccurately portrayed farm workers being exposed to dangerous chemicals while ...
Stinking Badges simmers and boils in San Juan Buatista.
Photo: Good Son, Bad Son: Vaneik Echeverria, as Sonny, rejects his parents'' middle-class reality, but has little to offer in its place. One of the most memorable lines in motion-picture history provides the title for ...
County swears it's too broke to budge.
Union leader John Vellardita says he''s ready to ask his 3,400 county employees--clerks, technicians and custodians--to walk off the job. "We''re on the brink," says Vellardita, executive director of Service Employees International Union Local 817. ...
[August 7-14]
thursday 8|7 Mothering Lecture 6:30-8:30pm. Peggy O'Mara, editor and owner of Mothering magazine, speaks at the Parents' Place, and signs copies of Having A Baby, Naturally. 1025 Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove. 646-6623. Genealogy Society 7pm. ...
State proposes calamari fishery management.
First squid went from being lowly baitfish to a fancy date dish. The delicacy--long loved locally--is now savored from Seattle to Shanghai to Salerno. Worth $18 million to fishermen and $70 million to processors in ...
Foodchain
DAY TRIPPING... This past Sunday we decided to put in a full day of area activity. The four horsemen of the new apocalypse--me, Chickie Boom Botz, Habitually Happy Heidi and The Supreme Chuckmeister--loaded up the ...
German, Mexican and Pan-Asian grocery stores offer mouthwatering invitations.
Photo by Randy Tunnell: Mucho Meat: Mi Tierra''s butcher counter offers standard and unusual cuts for home chefs. You''ll want to eat before shopping at Marina''s Mecca German market. Owner Liza Magadini suggests that shoppers ...
Star Struck: Monterey Movie Tours cashes in on local Hollywood connections.
Photo by Randy Tunnell: Movie Madness!: Doug Lumsden motors curious tourists to cinematic hot spots on the Peninsula. Watching film clips every afternoon may not seem like a very demanding job--more recreation than work. But ...
Newsbriefs
Monterey Fixes Law On Sexual PreferenceNews pages have been filled with controversies surrounding gay issues lately--Pope John Paul II and President George W. Bush declaring what makes a marriage and what does not, the gay ...
Monterey Bird House.
Photo: Welcome Home: Brenda Krauth''s Monterey cottage is irresistibly cozy and dotted with birds. Cute starts outside the garden gate at 905 Pine Street in Monterey. Brenda Krauth''s mailbox is so cute, that her mail ...
Hotpicks
thursday 8|7 Go Johnny Go STEINBECK FESTIVAL Revisit the neighborhood that inspired the masterpieces of John Steinbeck as scholars and fans bring the pages of the author's legacy into the present during the 23rd annual ...
Interfaith religious organization builds local power base for social justice.
Photo: Jack Herbig and Billy Payne are bringing their ministry to public policy questions. Billy Payne is a black Pentecostal minister living in a rented, low-income apartment in Salinas. Jack Herbig is a white Episcopal ...
The gang members are mostly men, but their mothers and wives are the victims.
Photos by Randy Tunnell Part 4 in a series on the gang war in salinas Census Tract 7: A Special Report Photo: Deborah Aguilar wears a silver locket with a picture of Stephen, her murdered ...
Squid Fry for Aug 07, 2003
MORE SPAM PLEASE... Unless it's of the meat-in-a-can variety, Spam is never a good thing, and Squid's quite sure Martha Stewart would agree. So Squid leaped for joy (Ever seen a cephalopod leap? It's a ...
Blame Sally brings four talented women together.
About eight years ago, Monica Pasqual''s band, Planet Ranch, was on the verge of making it big. The band was tapped by Musician magazine as one of the 10 best unsigned bands in the country. ...
Disney remake of Freaky Friday is a blast.
Disney''s original Freaky Friday (1976) remains a fond memory in many people''s minds, so it''s appropriate that this modern update falls into that rare category of respectable remakes. Dr. Tess Coleman (Jamie Lee Curtis, A ...
Streettalk
Q: What do you think Governor Davis did that was so wrong that he deserves to be the first governor in 82 years to face a recall election?Follow-Up: Should President Bush face a recall? Glenn ...
Angelina Jolie is a real life Lara Croft, minus the sidearms.
Photo: Lara Rides Again: Angelina Jolie fills the hot saddle in The Cradle of Life. "Superior to the original" is generally considered a compliment in the world of Hollywood summer blockbusters, but when referencing this ...
Even music writers can enjoy Trivia Night at Britannia Arms.
Photo: "Geod" God: Mad Steve is the king of trivia at Britannia Arms. While attending Britannia Arms'' Trivia Night, it becomes obvious that trivial knowledge is not transferred through DNA. Though my uncle''s incredible trivia ...
Discspace
The Shut-InsSing Songs of Pain and JoyShut-ins RecordsSan Francisco has long been a bastion of roots music aficionados and performers. The main challenge of this pursuit seems to be the tenacity of any given artist ...
