Issues / 2005 / Jul 07
Letter Rip
Mail theft is “number one crime” in the county, say law enforcement officials.
Two weeks ago, police showed up at Barbara Chapin’s North County home. “I didn’t know why they’d be there,” she says, “until they told me they’d found my mail in a car they stopped.” Thieves ...
Letters
BUSH IS A LIAR Bush’s latest speech on Iraq would have us conclude he belongs to the minority and blind-to-the-truth citizens who still believe in a 9/11-Iraq and Homeland Security-Iraq link. The president is shamelessly ...
A Day in the Sun
Rare Pinots flowed at the annual Pessagno/Pisoni bacchanalia.
What started out as an informal gathering of Pinot Noir producers has transformed into one of the most sought-after invites on the Pinot-making social circuit. About four years ago, Brian Loring of the Southern California-based ...
Shooting Stars
Motorcycle racing emerges as the hippest new celebrity fascination.
USGrandPrix2005 When six-time NBA Championship-winner Michael Jordan began backing an American Motorcycist Association (AMA) road racing team in 2004, fans and industry insiders hardly knew what to think. Some hoped that Jordan’s worldwide fame would ...
A Western Thing
Cow Bop’s jazzed-up Western music helps Bruce Forman feel at home.
For years, Bruce Forman had been trying to find a way to reconcile two of his passions: Western horse culture and jazz music. Spending his formative years—from three to 13—in Texas, Forman learned early to ...
The Emperor Strikes Back
March of the Penguins documents the long, difficult journey of the emperor penguin.
March of the Penguins is a testament to the magic of nature and documentary filmmaking. Past nature documentaries such as Winged Migration and Microcosmos are comparable in their exquisite cinematography and remarkable edits, but they ...
DiscSpace
DiscSpace
ANNIEAnniemalBig Beat | /679 Recordings The Norwegian pop star Annie is hitting America in a big way—Anniemal is finally getting a proper US release. Sounds of Annie have been simmering and trickling across the Atlantic ...
Newsbriefs
Teen Births Up in South County Twice as many teenagers in South Monterey County are getting pregnant than on the Peninsula, according to a recent report by the Monterey County Health Department. “We look at ...
Grand Prix 101
A layperson’s guide to the classes of scooters tearing it up at Laguna Seca this weekend.
USGrandPrix2005 MotoGP This is the class that everyone is so excited about—the world’s top category in motorcycle road racing, two-wheeled sport’s equivalent of Formula 1. The World Championship Road Racing Series is based in Europe ...
SquidFry
SquidFry
SQUID HEARTS BABIES… Squid wears leather. And fur. And once in a while Squid likes to snack on a fellow cephalopod. But Squid does draw the line on animal testing. Bunnies and baby monkeys are ...
Young Love
Young Love
Mona (Nathalie Press) rides a motorbike without a motor. Tamsin (Emily Blunt) initially comes into view on the back of a horse. It’s summertime in the Yorkshire countryside when these two bored teenage girls first ...
Small Screen, Big Vision
International community media conference rolls into Monterey.
Wayne’s World it’s not. July 6 through July 9, the Alliance for Community Media is hosting an international conference and trade show for producers of Public, Educational and Governmental (PEG) access television—the broadcast medium once ...
The story behind Ed Klein, author of the latest Hillary-bashing tome.
Edward Klein and his new gossip book The Truth About Hillary show us how mangled the definition of “journalism” has become. The dust jacket of the book describes Klein as a “distinguished journalist.” It notes ...
Love of the Game
Rich Aldrete propels CSU Monterey Bay into Division II baseball.
In a corner of the former Fort Ord, on an old field once used by the US Army, the most recent and potentially most important chapter of Monterey’s baseball history is being scratched out. With ...
Homepage
A Home for History
Let’s see now: A nine bedroom, nine-and-a-quarter-bath home built in 1884? Yes. A house to actually live in? Absolutely. However, there are so many remarkable aspects to the house that the number of rooms is ...
STREET TALK: The Tourist Race
Asked in downtown Monterey
Q: This weekend’s Motorcycle Grand Prix is bringing more tourists to Monterey County than the place has ever seen. How do you feel about that? Follow-up: Do you know who Valentino Rossi is? Michael Blaisdel ...
TheaterListings
TheaterListings
Links to theater and stage organizations within this section: | CET & Indoor Forest Theater | MPC Drama Dept. | MoCo Theatre Alliance | Pacfic Rep | Unicorn Theatre | theater opening | The Retreat ...
ArtListings
ArtListings
Links to galleries within this section: Back Porch Fabrics | Carmel Art Association | Carmel Foundation | Center for Photographic Art | Chapman Gallery | Coast Gallery | Concepts Carmel | Gallery at Blackstone | ...
Valentino Must Lose!
Italy’s young genius has dominated the track for long enough.
USGrandPrix2005 Almost unknown in the United States, Valentino Rossi is nevertheless one of the most popular athletes in the world. In Italy, where he lives, he is bigger than the pope. In Europe, where Grand ...
FOODCHAIN:The Walk of Life
MAMBO ITALIANO… Just came back from a six-day swing down south to Santa Barbara for an overnight, then Irvine (friends) and LA (more friends). Found an unbelievable Italian wine bar/restaurant in Santa Barbara that has ...
