0809| Aug 09

A Complete Dump

Exploring the amazing Marina waste management facility.

Two miles north of Marina, on 475 acres surrounded by farmland and pasture, the Monterey Regional Waste Management District deals with mountains of the Peninsula’s trash. And it does a good job of it: The ...

The Criminalization of Thought

Prosecuting US citizens for unsavory ideas sets a tricky precendent.

>>FORUM This is not a crime about thought,” says the assistant US attorney. Then what is it? Mahmud Faruq Brent, a 30-year-old DC taxi driver, is about to spend the next 15 years behind bars ...

Old is New Again

Paulo Kantz, chef extraordinaire, and his wife, Sylvia Medina, an organizational genius with a lovely smile, are two very smart business people. They are best known for their star-spangled careers as owners of the restaurants ...

Stardust

A new fun fantasy world is created in

Once upon a time, stories were simply stories. People found their entertainment and instruction in fables and folktales, epic poems and bedtime yarns. Storytellers didn’t worry whether their tales met the needs of viral marketing, ...

ArtListings for Aug 09, 2007

Going Wild

Volunteers defend the native splendor of Fort Ord.

Sara orangetip butterflies settle on Indian paintbrushes. The green leaves and red flowers of the pajaro manzanita sway in the offshore breeze. Delicate purple and white Chinese houses mingle amongst the other native species.Beyond, cascading ...

Hidden Giant

Mel Martin celebrates Benny Carter, one of the jazz world’s unheralded greats.

Taking the measure of a great artist is never an easy task, but when you’re trying to figure the dimensions of a giant like Benny Carter, the job is nearly impossible. With a career spanning ...

What social cause would you risk your life for?

Asked at Eat Village Coffee Lounge in Monterey.

Follow-up: What food is on your to-die-for list?LILLY KEENE | Student | CarmelA: A cause I would fight for is gay and lesbian rights. I don’t think it’s right to discriminate against peoples’ personal choices.Spicy ...

A Win in the Water War

A Stockton, Calif. citizens group wins back public control of their water from a profit-thirsty corporation.

>>FORUM Bill Lokyo never expected to find himself embroiled in a six-year battle over water with a multinational corporation and city officials in Stockton, Calif. “We all thought this would only be a one-year fight,” ...

Real As It Gets

SAD NEWS… Another seemingly senseless tragedy occurred a couple of weeks ago when the two sons of local hospitality industry veteran John Narigi, who is GM of Monterey Plaza Hotel, rolled their SUV while leaving ...

PublicCitizen

8|9THURSGLOBAL MAJORITY | MONTEREY – Global Majority members speak at the meeting of the Green Party. 7pm. Monterey Senior Center, 280 Dickman Ave., Monterey. Free. 625-5577.8|10FRICANDIDATE DEADLINE TODAY | COUNTYWIDE – Want to run for ...

DiscSpace

GOGOL BORDELLO | Super Taranta | Side One Dummy Records“If we are here not to do/ what you and I wanna do/ and go forever crazy with it,/ why the hell we are even here?” ...

The Kids Are Alright

Salinas’ youngsters The Mystery Lights prepare to blow up.

There has been a deafening buzz in the local music community about a young Salinas band called The Mystery Lights. I first heard about the band from the charismatic frontman of Serpico, L.T., who told ...

Outer Edge Studio To Close

Andrew Jackson says he’ll continue to host parties at other venues.

Life at the Edge was taking up too much space. This month, Andrew and Sunshine Jackson are closing the chapter on the current incarnation of Outer Edge Studio, the only studio of its kind in ...

Letters to the Editor for Aug 09, 2007

BUILDING SUPPORT FOR ARTAlas! The giant crane is gone from Cannery Row. For me it was a magnificent conceptual work of art. I was so hoping it would become the outdoor sculpture in front of ...

Crafting a City

Sand City’s West End Celebration helps define the town.

Elena Salsedo is cooking up more than galettes in her blink-and-you’ve-passed-it Sweet Elena’a café in Sand City. When the gutsy Frenchwoman established her teensy fine-art bakery in the industrial outpost of Sand City in 1994, ...

Sore Subject

The Montessori elementary school doesn’t have a site and classes start on Aug. 20.

With about a week until classes are scheduled to start, the Montessori Learning Center is scrambling to find a new elementary school site. The private school – the only one in the county offering a ...

Keeping Pollutants Out of the Bay

Seaside plans to divert summer runoff to wastewater treatment plant.

If the political stars that govern federal budget-making align in Seaside’s favor, the City will receive a half-million-dollar federal grant to divert its polluted summer stormwater runoff away from the Bay.A proposed pump system would ...

The Race Is On

Contestants crowd the field for four open Hartnell board seats.

When Hartnell College teachers left their classrooms and formed a picket line last fall, Steve McShane was probably the second most unpopular guy on campus – next to President Ed Valeau. Teachers criticized McShane, chairman ...

Hip sushi joint Pink Tuna joins downtown Monterey food landscape.

Youth, low lights, and pop music. That’s Pink Tuna, a new Japanese restaurant with the personality of a night club. The music isn’t loud and in the way, and the scene is fashionable, as might ...

Squid Fry for Aug 09, 2007

COME HOME JEFF… Ever since Weekly editor ERIC JOHNSON announced his impending departure, Squid has given serious thought to the kinds of demands… er… requests Squid will make of Squid’s next editor. First: Squid’s own ...