Red, Spite and Blue
As Democrats promise a new era of cooperation, partisan rancor still rules on Capitol Hill.
Sam Farr sits back in a leather chair in his office, gazing out the window and speculating about the future. In his red-checkered shirt and goofy green frog tie, he looks like a man permitting ...
Issues / 2007 / Jan 11
Corps Values
Monterey is home to a number of still-vigilant Peace Corps returnees.
Fifteen years ago a young Celia Bosworth of Pacific Grove traveled to the tropics to fulfill an ambitious dream. In a rural Costa Rican hospital she undertook a Peace Corps assignment to improve the conditions ...
Letters to the Editor for Jan 11, 2007
Letters to the Editor for Jan 11, 2007
LUMINARIES’ TOP TEN LISTS FOCUSED ON FLUFFLive music has been illegal in the City of Carmel since the mid 1930s. The ban is now lifted and The Cypress Inn has presented live jazz three nights ...
Paint and Place
Rollin Pickford exhibit at PG Art Center captures the artist’s ‘spiritual home.’
Purple-black watery clouds loom bottom-heavy with pigment over a shining white farmland roof. Under the dark sky the roof looks wet and reflective, but is in fact white only because it has been left unpainted. ...
A local Martin Luther King, Jr. event won’t sugarcoat.
Dr. Charlie Mae Knight doesn’t shy away from controversial issues. As a result, when the 74-year-old educator and activist moderates a city of Seaside event honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. this Monday, she predicts ...
Era Appropriate
Era Appropriate
>>REALESTATEJohn and Cheryl Dietrich’s house at 619 Hillcrest in PG was likely built in the ’30s. While remodeling has integrated the best of current conveniences, the place has maintained its noir integrity. Buying and selling ...
History Rots
Preservationists say Carmel is purposely letting Flanders Mansion deteriorate.
The Flanders Mansion is turning into a ruin. The roof leaks. Mold and water stains from broken pipes mar the walls inside the two-story Tudor Revival cottage, built in 1925. Bats are the only inhabitants ...
Squid Fry for Jan 11, 2007
Squid Fry for Jan 11, 2007
LAWYERS NEED JOBS TOO... Squid wonders: When Fort Ord closed and local leaders were wondering how to offset the jobs lost, did they consider balancing the lost wages with attorney fees? Carmel Valley lawyer RICHARD ...
Liberalism In Iran
>>OPINION They are not just reading Lolita in Tehran. They are also reading Hannah Arendt, Karl Popper, Jurgen Habermas and Richard Rorty. A Velvet Revolution inspired by Western liberal philosophers is underway in Iran. The ...
ArtListings for Jan 11, 2007
ArtListings for Jan 11, 2007
Links to galleries within this section: Artistas Unidos | Back Porch Fabrics | Breakthrough | Carmel Art Association | Carmel Foundation | Center for Photographic Art | Chapman Gallery | Coast Gallery | Concepts Carmel ...
Asked on Cannery Row.
Street Talk
Q: HOW HAVE THINGS CHANGED DUE TO THE NEW CONSTRUCTION?Follow-up: What do you anticipate happening upon its completion?DAVE TROMBETTA | PR and Sales Manager for Bubba Gump | Pacific GroveA: Nothing has really changed. It’s ...
Big Plans
Former council members want full evaluation of Del Rey Oaks’ growth.
Mike Ventimiglia and Jack Barlich were political rivals when they served on the Del Rey Oaks City Council. As soon as he lost a mayoral bid to Barlich in 2002, Ventimiglia resigned after 18 years ...
UC MBEST protests water allocations.
A University of California economic development center says it won’t be able to expand its campus if the Fort Ord Reuse Authority (FORA) depletes its potable water reserve.The FORA board is expected on Friday, Jan. ...
An American Band
David Bromberg brings acoustic all-stars to Sunset.
For guitar lovers of a certain age, the news that David Bromberg is back on the scene will induce a little shiver of anticipation. For those too young to remember the multi-instrumental master, Bromberg was ...
Post-Party Politics
California shows the way to a bipartisan future.
>>THELOCALSPIN Arnold Schwarzenegger waxed boldly optimistic during his State of the State address Tuesday night, painting the future in bright tones and proclaiming the greatness of California and its people. That is in keeping with ...
Group says Supes’ General Plan Update must be killed outright.
Voters may see three general plan-related measures on the June ballot. But that may be too late for them to have any say about some controversial developments.Last week, as County Supervisors approved their long-awaited land-use ...
PublicCitizen
1|11-1|13THURS-SATFREE TIRE DISPOSAL | SALINAS—Drop off car and small truck tires with or without rims. No businesses; residents only. 9am-5pm. Sun Street Transfer Station, 139 Sun St., Salinas. Free. 755-1300 or svswa.org.1|11THURSHOMELESS CENSUS | SEASIDE—Attend ...
Life Goes On
Life Goes On
HARD WORK… It’s a rainy morning and I’m sitting here enjoying the solemnity it brings. Simultaneously, I worry about the many businesses in town facing the harsh realities of winter on the Monterey Peninsula. Of ...
Gilded Cage
Curse of the Golden Flower completes Zhang Yimou’s trilogy
At the end of the Chinese historical epic Curse of the Golden Flower, tsunamis of soldiers wash down endless staircases and across field-size courtyards outside a 10th-century imperial palace. One army wears black armor, the ...
Peripheral Vision
With Letters from Iwo Jima, Clint Eastwood observes a decisive World War II battle from the Japanese point of view.
For years, we thought Clint Eastwood was a taciturn man of action—until it turned out there was a sensitive ponytail tucked up under the Man With No Name’s sombrero.Oh, he had us fooled good, what ...
Simple Beauty
Marlyn’s American Grill makes the view of Lake El Estero look even better.
The lake gets little love. Think about it. Dwarfed by its fancy “biggest ocean in the world” neighbor, Lake El Estero gets the short end. But it deserves more credit: Note the underrated fitness circuit, ...
Pop Artist
Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham showcases bold solo work at Golden State.
Lindsey Buckingham says it was a demand from his bandmates in Fleetwood Mac that inspired him to start putting out solo records consisting of his more musically adventurous work. Buckingham, the band’s guitarist, songwriter and ...
