Death and the Poet
Nearing the end of a singular life, Ric Masten embraces the thing that will kill him.
The 75-year-old poet had his suicide planned. By wrapping the extension cord of the Skilsaw around his leg, directing its exposed edge toward him, and falling into the whining blade, he would bury the steel ...
Issues / 2007 / Mar 08
Rift Over Roundup
PG debates continued use of America’s most popular herbicide.
Pacific Grove resident Ximena Waissbluth was walking her dog in Pacific Grove’s Washington Park when she saw a man spraying a clear liquid under the picnic tables. “I first thought that he was just watering ...
Union Shakeup
SEIU dissolves local; fires longtime field rep.
Union members love their new regional organization, according to Local 521’s Web site, which quotes smiling workers from Monterey, Santa Clara, San Benito, San Mateo and several Central Valley counties. Officials of the Service Employees ...
Mega Dreams
You can’t fantasize if you don’t play.
>>THELOCALSPIN Toni, the Weekly’s production coordinator, came through my office earlier this evening and asked me for a dollar. She had this cool idea that all of us would go in on some lottery tickets. ...
True Crime
Zodiac is a meticulously researched look at Northern California’s most notorious serial killer.
David Fincher, the director of Se7en, Fight Club, and Panic Room, switches gears with his new film Zodiac from psychological thrillers to something that more closely resembles a police procedural. Based on Robert Graysmith’s two ...
A Handywoman’s Home
A Handywoman’s Home
>>REALESTATEThe before-and-after pictures of this handmade cottage appear to be wholly unrelated, not because the place was taken down to the studs and rebuilt into something else, but because Jill Camacho is an unusually talented ...
Letters to the Editor for Mar 08, 2007
Letters to the Editor for Mar 08, 2007
NO NEED FOR INSULTING WORDSI was disturbed to encounter the derogatory word “homo” in Ray Napolitano’s Food Chain column of Feb. 22. It is unfortunate that Mr. Napolitano was unable to express his admiration for ...
The Gunslinger
Monterey’s Robert Ashmore shoots the breeze on the commerce of arms.
Monterey gunsmith Robert Ashmore bears a striking resemblance to Hollywood’s Sam Elliot—right down to the handlebar mustache and cool Western drawl. He stands easily behind a glass counter loaded with pistols and talks about the ...
Squid Fry for Mar 08, 2007
Squid Fry for Mar 08, 2007
MISPLACED VIGILANCE… Squid needs new boots. But the Squidmobile doesn’t. The SALINAS POLICE DEPARTMENT is handing out the orange boots that get locked onto a car’s wheels when it has racked up too many tickets. ...
PublicCitizen
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Pre-Spring Training
Pre-Spring Training
SHOWTIME… It’s March Madness time, when universities across America vibrate with anticipation and excitement as their gangly warriors chase down their hoop dreams. College basketball is pretty big business in many institutions. It doesn’t have ...
DiscSpace
DiscSpace
LUCINDA WILLIAMS | West | Lost HighwayLucinda Williams’ voice conveys raw vulnerability. From her earliest recordings to the more polished product of 1998’s Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, she hides nothing. Whatever the band, ...
Immersed in Song
Paula West brings intimate connection to Carmel.
Her voice is unlike any other, a moist, cavernous contralto that listeners inhale like oxygen. In the intimate venues where Paula West has built her reputation, she has reached into her audiences so deeply with ...
Democratic presidential hopefuls kick off a long campaign with—not much.
>>OPINION I spent 20 years with the Democratic presidential candidates one day last week, or so it seemed. Their opening speeches at the first of their Campaign ’08 forums, held in Carson City, Nevada, were ...
Get Tossed
The crust-chucking Pizza Factory moves into Salinas.
Disclaimer: I am not responsible for the mayhem that may erupt as a result of the following beautiful truth. I am just doing my job.The new Pizza Factory in Salinas has pitchers of high-grade suds, ...
Asked at Monterey Peninsula College.
Street Talk
Q: WHAT’S THE ONE THING YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE?Follow-up: When do you feel the most alive?LISA POLNASKY | Jazz Pianist | SeasideA: I would like to see some of my former sweethearts—re-open ...
Go Tell The Spartans
300 conquers computerized limitations.
After witnessing 300 director Zack Snyder’s ultra-violent, hyper-stylized treatment of the Battle of Thermopylae by way of Frank Miller’s graphic novel, I had to wonder, “What would Homer say?”Not Homer Simpson—he’d shout “Woohoo!” at every ...
Salinas V. Chávez
City confronts LUPE’s reign over city rec center.
Small children sitting at a table raise their hands. They want Cheez-its to go along with their apple wedges. The 25 tykes recently finished their homework and soon they will exercise, says Jennifer Barraza. Barraza ...
A local Web launch prioritizes the feminine perspective.
Katharine Daniels, founder and executive editor of the Women’s International Perspective (WIP), wants to do something very different with her news Web site. With the exception of the daily news headlines, culled from wire services ...
ArtListings for Mar 08, 2007
ArtListings for Mar 08, 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 ...
Carmel Valley Citizens Sue
Incorporation proponents say LAFCO is stifling democracy.
Another local land-use decision will be decided in Superior Court. On Tuesday, March 6, a group that wants to create a new Town of Carmel Valley filed a lawsuit against the Local Agency Formation Commission ...
