Language Barrier
California is refusing to let students take tests in their native language. That could cause big trouble for three local school districts.
Alejandra Franco, an 11-year-old girl who moved with her parents from Mexico to Salinas about two years ago, is remarkably expressive and outgoing, even though she is still learning a new language. With her camouflage-print ...
Issues / 2007 / Apr 05
More Scrutiny for Alco
State poised to order another investigation of water company.
Alisal Water Corporation (Alco) will likely become the subject—once again—of a probe into its water quality. This time the Salinas company will meet the scrutiny of a state arbiter, instead of a federal judge.The California ...
Right-wing attack columnist’s April 1 death leaves behind a vicious legacy.
>>FORUMAnn Coulter, the outspoken conservative columnist and best-selling polemical author, was found dead this week in her Connecticut home.She was 63. Local authorities listed the cause of death as “self-inflicted wounds.” She is survived by ...
ArtListings for Apr 05, 2007
ArtListings for Apr 05, 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 ...
Squid Fry for Apr 05, 2007
Squid Fry for Apr 05, 2007
RIDDLE ME A BALLOT MEASURE… Untangling isn’t a big deal to Squid. Knots happen, as every cephalopod knows. But the General Plan debacle? Now there’s a doozie for even a ten-legged critter. Measure A will ...
Tough Position
Former NFL nose tackle comes to CSUMB to talk about being gay in a very masculine sport.
It was January 31, 1999, Super Bowl XXXIII. The Denver Broncos were one play away from completing their 34-19 thumping of the Atlanta Falcons. John Elway was the ballcarrier on offense. Esera Tuaolo, Atlanta’s nose ...
Revolution, Inc.
Can big business help change the world?
>>THELOCALSPIN It was only half a lifetime ago that many young Americans hoped for something like a revolution. It was not impossible, back then, to imagine that a profound change could happen, that a myriad ...
Con Artist
Director Lasse Hallström’s look at a fraudulent author is his best film in years.
Sometimes you have to search to find irony; sometimes it just reaches out and bites you. Take the career of Lasse Hallström, for example. In 1985, the Swedish director made his international name with the ...
Leidig’s Bid
Carmel developer wants to annex, rezone old hospital site.
Bob Leidig strolls the downtown blocks of Carmel-by-the-Sea and identifies properties that his family owns. There’s the Village Corner, where he sipped his morning cappuccino; the Sharper Image shop, which used to be the Leidig ...
Two For One
Tarantino and Rodriguez get gross in Grindhouse.
In their double-bill homage to the cheap, grungy movie-houses of yore that featured an ever-changing orgy of back-to-back exploitation B-movies, Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez have created an unparalleled, irreverent pair of dueling films. Loving ...
Asked at Office Depot in Sand City.
Street Talk
Q: What would you change about our local school system?Follow-up: What’s the wackiest thing that was served on your lunch menu when you were a kid?LYNN JOHNSON | Nurse | SeasideA: The state needs to ...
Ready to Run
Bill Monning will vie for Assembly seat—but only if Laird is forced out.
Bill Monning, a longtime political player who narrowly lost a 1993 race to represent the Central Coast in the US Congress, says he plans to run for a seat in the state Assembly—with one provision. ...
A Gathering of Tastes
Seven local winemakers create different tastes from the same Cedar Lane Vineyard in Arroyo Seco.
Winemaker dinners have become routine. One recent winemaker dinner at Kurt Grasing’s Carmel Chop House, however, was rather unusual—it could have been more accurately termed a vineyard dinner.The March event featured wine and food pairings, ...
PublicCitizen
4|5THURSTRANSPORTATION PROJECTS | SALINAS—The Transportation for Monterey County hosts an open house to discuss projects for Monterey County. 6pm. Salinas Community Center, Santa Lucia Room, 940 N. Main St., Salinas. Free. 775-0903.ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION | MONTEREY—Showcase ...
From the Woods
From the Woods
>>REALESTATERich and Nancy Trissel want their own land in Big Sur. They decided some time ago that the best way to finance the purchase would be through real estate, and after three prior homes, came ...
Think Local, Rock Global
Onetime King City boy’s Los Dryheavers open for Basque punks Des-Kontrol at Lava Lounge.
Spending his high school years in of King City was not easy for Felix Lozano. The guitarist, who moved to the Salinas Valley town from Texas when he was 13, was into punk rock music, ...
Harmony of Strings
Two master guitarists join forces at Sunset.
If the cello mimics the human voice and the saxophone voices human emotions, then the acoustic guitar is the instrument of human thoughts and dreams. Essentially gentle, it can also be energetic, bold and driving. ...
Don’t Forget to Eat
Don’t Forget to Eat
JOURNEY TO THE PAST…Just got back from a quick weekend in Boston. Went to see my old pal JOHN BARMON, a guy I met back in ’84 while I was working at a busy restaurant ...
James Kim cultivates tiny trees and a huge sales pitch.
In front of Moss Landing harbor, where sailboat masts stick up from the water like pins protruding from a pincushion, lies a miniature forest. Just a few feet from busy Highway 1, a tiny Japanese ...
Letters to the Editor for Apr 05, 2007
Letters to the Editor for Apr 05, 2007
GALS VS. GOOD OLD BOYS Morrie Fisher was quoted in the Weekly: “They have a gal running the Public Works department now” [“Sour Gripes,” March 29-April 4]. What the heck kind of comment is that, ...
