Issues / 2005 / Nov 03
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 | Exotic Fine Art | ...
NewsBriefs
IN THE ZONE They’re cute. They’re furry. And they are banned from migrating to Southern California. On Nov. 3, in Monterey, the public can weigh in on the federal sea otter recovery program and controversial ...
Bill would cut strings from campaign dollars.
The idea behind state Assembly Bill 583 is simple: politicians needn’t tangle with money that has strings attached to it. While that scenario resonates loudly among those who feel that California’s ever-increasing, record-breaking campaign contributions ...
Letters
NO ‘ROCKETS RED GLARE’ IN THE SUNSET I had gone to Sunset Center to hear some beautiful symphony music, but suddenly a huge flag comes rolling down in back of the musicians with people rising ...
Even if the governor does not want you to vote, we do.
For the past week or so, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has been making “robo-calls”—auto-dialed telephone calls delivering pre-recorded messages—reminding Californians to vote on Tuesday, Nov. 8. But, tellingly, these calls are not going out to all ...
The Naked Truth
Atom Egoyan’s
Up until now, Atom Egoyan was probably best known as the director of 1997’s The Sweet Hereafter, a slow cooker of a film about a small Canadian town dealing with a school bus accident that ...
DiscSpace
DiscSpace
FATLIP | The Loneliest Punk | Tasty Vinyl After more than five years of hiatus, former Pharcyde MC Fatlip is back, seeking his redemption with his long-awaited solo debut, Theloneliest Punk. Despite the years gone ...
HOMPAGE: Upmarket Dreamhomes
HOMPAGE: Upmarket Dreamhomes
Realtor Jamal Noorzoy, who specializes in high-end properties in Carmel and Pebble Beach, has been the top producer for Alain Pinel Realtors for the past four years. Two of his current listings—one on San Antonio ...
Upper Crustacean
Julihanh does French-Vietnamese seafood with saucy style.
Despite the grey-bearded elder sitting almost in my lap, the heat melting the ice cubes in my beer and the thick language barrier, the meal I had in a tiny fishing town outside of Nha ...
We Want You
Street Talk -- Asked in front of the Lodge at Pebble Beach.
Q: Who is your favorite political non-politician? Follow-up: Who would you have play Governor Schwarzenegger in a movie? ALMA LIGOURI (Greg Ligouri) | HR Recruiting | Herdon, VA A: Bill O’Reilly. He’s pretty well-balanced and ...
Crude Conspiracy
Marina gas station manager attacks oil company profiteering.
Consumers complain about high gas pump prices all the time. And not without reason, as gas prices and oil companies’ profits soar. But when the same complaints—conspiracy theories included—come out of the mouth of a ...
Colorful Character
A cartoonist for men’s mags and Mann Packing, Eldon Dedini looks back on a vibrant career.
The name Eldon Dedini may not ring a bell, but one glance at the 84-year-old Monterey County native’s iconic cartoons will likely elicit instant recognition and a wry grin from generations of “gentlemen.” For the ...
Low Expectations
Steve Martin and Claire Danes hawk shallow goods in
Like some heroine from a 1950s melodrama, Mirabelle (Claire Danes) sells the strangely anachronistic accessory of long evening gloves at the Beverly Hills Saks Fifth Avenue. She is the human equivalent of an elevator button: ...
Imagine a Better Salinas
Measure V could help the city become a better place to live.
Mayor Anna Caballero is sitting at a small table at Starbucks on Constitution Avenue in Creekbridge, staring out the window at her city. She’s lost in thought, daydreaming about what lies ahead for the city ...
Real Life Drama
El Teatro Campesino celebrates its 40th Anniversary.
Luis Valdez was an aspiring 25-year-old playwright 40 years ago when he left the San Francisco Mime Troupe to join César Chávez, who was organizing farmworkers in Delano, Calif. With the blessing of Chávez, Valdez ...
ENDORSEMENTS 05: Ballot Measures
VOTE NOV. 8, 2005
STATE PROPOSITIONS | Special Election Initiatives Among the politicians in our state and nation, there are some who are deeply committed to pubic service, and some who are deeply cynical. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is neither—though ...
True Blues
Maria Muldaur reflects on recent triumphs.
Maria Muldaur doesn’t want to talk about the past. She shies away from a discussion about starting a roots-music revival act, the Even Dozen Jug Band, with famed players David Grisman and John Sebastian back ...
FOODCHAIN: November Warmth
LET THERE BE LIGHT… Turning the clock back…it’s just unnatural. It’s not supposed to be dark out during happy hour. I mean, the whole point of happy hour is to get happy…obviously, the best way ...
ENDORSEMENTS 05: District and School Board
VOTE NOV. 8, 2005
SPECIAL DISTRICTS MONTEREY PENINSULA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT Judi Lehman Four years ago, Lehman ousted then-director Ron Chesshire from his seat on the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District. During her tenure, Lehman has promoted conservation and ...
Thrifty and Content
The Goodwill store on Lighthouse Avenue lives up to its name.
One of the coolest things about thrift stores is you never know what you’re going to get. That’s especially true at Monterey’s Goodwill Industries store at 571 Lighthouse Ave. Of the three Goodwill locations in ...
Two Party Party
Panettas honor Senators Feinstein, Lieberman and Collins.
Leon Panetta has long opined that the country’s leaders need to fight for the interests of their constituents, not fight with each other. In a recent commentary, Panetta, a former Central Coast congressman, says he’s ...
SquidFry
SquidFry
UNDER THE WIRE… If there’s one thing Squid has learned, it’s this: Don’t get in between a hungry cephalopod and a slightly smaller, weaker cephalopod. It’s only vaguely more dangerous than getting between the MONTEREY ...
As Election Day approaches, MPUSD’s forensic audit looms large.
When community member Shauna Rowe submitted a document titled “Why You Must Do a Forensic Audit” to a divided Monterey Peninsula Unified School District last September, she set off a series of events which has ...
Hayride to Hell
The Devil Makes Three turns rockers onto old-timey string music.
It doesn’t make sense on the face of it, these tattooed hayseeds from Vermont stirring the punk-rock masses into a clodhopping frenzy with their banjos and standup bass. But there it is, every time The ...
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 | Dining to ...
