Throwback Upstart
Old Europe inspires one of Monterey County’s hottest young labels, Pierce Ranch.
Pierce Ranch Vineyard’s got guts. They’re introducing obscure varietals like Touriga Nacional and Albariño to a Monterey County palate obsessed with Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Most customers are not likely to try unfamiliar foreign wines, ...
Wine & Food Winter 2010:
Rockin’ Product
G.P.’s ginger syrup – the basic byproduct of making cystallized ginger – is composed of just two ingredients, cane sugar and ginger, but it enjoys countless potential uses. It can give a homemade roasted garlic ...
Ginger Tonic
Locally based Ginger People tap the root’s medicinal powers to make business snap.
The housewarming gift weighed as much as an elephant. From the stone city of Chongwu, China, it traveled overland to a city named Qingdao in a province called Shandong and boarded a container vessel that ...
From the Beginning
Sure-fire steps to soup-making success.
No one really knows when soup was invented. Historians claim boiling food dates back to 5000 B.C., and evidence of soup-making has been found in Egyptian tombs. Early ancestors must have seen the advantages of ...
Issues / 2010 / Feb 04
Pebble Power
Photo blogs and Twitter feeds channel the 2010 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro Am.
One part sand wedge. One part Bill Murray kimono. One part shot-making magic. All AT&T Pro Am adventure. The Bing Crosby is back for its 25th year as the AT&T. The Weekly reports fresh from ...
Full Senate considers State Senator Abel Maldonado's nomination for Lieutenant Governor.
Sen. Abel Maldonado (R-Santa Maria), who represents coastal Monterey County, is Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's pick to fill the vacancy left by John Garamendi, but his colleagues will have the last word on Thursday, Feb 11 ...
2010 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro Am
Images from the Celebrity Challenge.
Once again, Pebble Beach was filled with celebrities and fans, as the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro Am started off a weekend of golf. Actors and musicians played for a charity of their choice, while ...
Google, Facebook duel over social networking.
As if Google hasn't taken over enough of the world, moving from the leading search engine to taking on electronic publishing, the Silicon Valley giant is now entering the social networking battle, big time. It ...
Sheriff candidate says he won't open internal affairs file to media
Sheriff candidate Fred Garcia, who just announced Monday that he will sign a waiver releasing the full details of two internal investigations that led to his recommended demotion, has changed his tune after Sheriff Mike ...
Letterman recruited Conan for SuperBowl Ad
It was a great Super Bowl, and a great commercial. David Letterman and Jay Leno on a couch, with Oprah Winfrey mediating. Funny, smart and kind of a relief to see these long-time rivals back ...
Manslaughter charges filed against Michael Jackson's physician
The King of Pop may be gone, but the controversy surrounding his demise continues. Dr. Conrad Murray, the cardiologist who was with Jackson at the time of his death June 25th, has been charged with ...
Roadslide Attraction
Part of Highway 1 crumbles on Big Sur's southern coast.
The southbound lane of Highway 1 south of Lucia Lodge has slipped into the sea, according to a post from Big Sur blogger Kathleen Novoa. "There was this crumbling of the shoulder southbound Hwy 1 ...
Rank Art
Mighty alternative art magazine, Juxtapoz, releases their surprising list of top galleries and museums.
Four days ago, Seaside's Alternative Cafe and Gallery director Maya Freedman received a Facebook status update linking to the blog of a friend at White Walls Gallery in San Francisco, proclaiming that gallery's inclusion, at ...
Free non-Styrofoam "starter kits" offered to Seaside restaurants.
Styrofoam to-go containers are soon to be history in Seaside, thanks to a unanimous City Council ban adopted Feb. 4. But the law puts a pinch on restaurant owners who worry about the additional cost ...
Planning Commission to look into general plan's crystal ball Wednesday
The Monterey County Planning Commission is—yet again—set to look into the county general plan's crystal ball on Wednesday. The Weekly reported in December that the final environmental impact report for GPU5 was going to be ...
P.G. man cops to firebomb attacks on Lattitudes, Creative Visions
The mystery of last summer's Pacific Grove firebomb attacks has been solved. Nathan Abel Augustine pleaded guilty to two counts of arson Feb., 3, reversing a not guilty plea entered in October. According to county ...
Obama needs to fulfill his legacy, and the nation’s.
This is not a fun piece to write, and it may not be one that’s enjoyable to read. If, like me, you’re someone who believes in the hope Barack Obama represents, it’s a drag to ...
The New Blackwell
Carla Blackwell cements her status as a Monterey institution.
There’s really no other female vocalist who has performed in Monterey as consistently – and to as many crowds – as Carla Blackwell. When she sings this Friday and Saturday at Sly McFly’s, the youthful ...
Art Listing for Feb 04, 2010
Art Listing for Feb 04, 2010
HAPPENING THIS WEEK ARTISANA GALLERY The gallery devotes its space to a solo show of nearly 20 pieces by Tracy Parker. The paintings and reclaimed mixed media works include new geometric paintings informed by architecture ...
Brezsny's Astrology
Free Will Astrology
Aries (March 21-April 19): “Those who know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of their victories.” So said the ancient Greek historian Polybius, and now ...
Squid Fry for Feb 04, 2010
Squid Fry for Feb 04, 2010
JAWS OF LIFE… Squid hates it when other seagoers get involved in Squid’s turf. Imagine Squid’s surprise and chagrin, then, to hear about the invasion of giant… er… squids in Monterey Bay. Local fisherfolks have ...
Letters to the Editor for Feb 04, 2010
Whale, Ho (“Monterey Maritime Museum is reeling between present and past controversies,” Jan. 28-Feb.3) - Posted Jan. 30 First the Monterey Herald with their cheeky “Monterey Maritime Museum navigates troubled waters” article, and now the ...
Le St. Tropez
French Revolution: Le St. Tropez delivers on a long-incubated dream on Dolores Street.
The only thing uncommon about Jean and Mary Hubert’s dream of owning a restaurant is that they acted on it. They even had the precise location in mind for 10 years: Dolores Street in Carmel. ...
Money Talks
Kanalakis rakes in big bucks for re-election campaign, as opposition mounts.
The Monterey County sheriff’s race took a twist (challenger Cmdr. Fred Garcia fighting a demotion) and a turn (Pacific Grove’s Scott Miller jumping on the campaign bandwagon), and by press time, incumbent Mike Kanalakis was ...
Rare Prize
CSUMB scores Pulitzer-winning Junot Díaz for its President’s Speaker Series.
In 1996, Junot Díaz burst onto the literary scene with Drown, a short story collection set in his native Dominican Republic and New Jersey. It included “Ysrael,” a tale about brothers who form a plan ...
Dear John
Dead Letter: 'Dear John' is a sentimental exercise in predictability.
Weepy tearjerker movies can be a tough watch, especially for guys who lack the patience or inclination to indulge in melodrama. I do my best to not be one of those guys, and because of ...
Jarring Story
A Carmel coffee shop owner launches a website to heal hurting hearts.
After two failed marriages, Carmel’s Mira Schumacher didn’t know what to do. She was desperate. “I went from a size 12 to a size zero,” she said. “I was in so much pain. I couldn’t ...
Getting Academic
NPS faculty try to map a course for peace in Salinas.
M ilitary professors at the Naval Postgraduate School have helped craft three potential battle plans for Salinas to pursue peace. In military speak, the “courses of action” include the status quo (which is not working), ...
Trawl Brawl
Monterey Harbormaster pushes to re-open Monterey Bay’s halibut fishery.
Jiri Nozicka skims his knife over the spine of a slimy petrale sole. The catch is fresh from the San Giovanni, the vessel on which he’s co-skipper, now docked at Royal Seafoods – his father-in-law ...
Natural Selection
Pacific Grove’s Museum Foundation moves to swallow up similar species.
It’s been seven months since Pacific Grove handed operations of its Museum of Natural History to the new Museum Foundation of Pacific Grove. Now, the foundation is poised to absorb two related entities: the Museum ...
New news on old news.
Down on the Boss…A group calling itself Citizens of Seaside for Transparent Government wants to kick City Manager Ray Corpuz out. On Feb. 3, the group (including long-time Seaside activist Helen Rucker) announced its plans ...
Get Involved
Public Citizen
THURSDAY 2|4 GOVERNOR CANDIDATES’ FORUM | MARINA – Local business leaders host a California governor candidates’ forum with state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner and a representative from Meg Whitman’s campaign. 12:30-1:30pm. Marina Technology Cluster, 3180 ...
Revving It Up
A robust roster of local rockers gathers for a show to support adored Vinyl Revolution.
At his record shop, Vinyl Revolution on Lighthouse Avenue, the walls trace decades of rock history and have changed little over the past 17 years: A large Motörhead Death Forever banner, Deep Purple T-shirts, old ...
Happy Clams
A chef showdown worthy of Bing, ’cue for you and Afghani for me.
Long before the big corporate boxes on Pebble’s audacious 18th, when crowds walked the fairways with the pros and one Mr. Bing Crosby called the shots, the clambake that preceded the tournament was as legendary ...
Burnett, Moniz take on home-town vets as race heats up.
A couple of Carmel City Hall outsiders hope to win the April 13 city election on pledges to bring greater openness to local government, while long-time incumbents argue tough economic times call for experienced hands ...
What food would you make into a perfume?
Asked at Clementine’s Kitchen.
Follow-up: What’s the best food for a food fight? MARY PANZIERA | Barista | Salinas A: Apple pie. Studies show that the smell that most arouses men is apples and cinnamon. Crass Class: Éclairs, sling ...
¡Ask A Mexican! for Feb 04, 2010
One man's take on his culture's stereotypes
Dear Mexican: How can a formerly proud Latina like myself feel proud to be Mexican again after my beloved relative was murdered in Mexico by narcos while visiting? I still have love for my heritage, ...
Stirring Shook
SoDA’s latest gives a young cast room to dance and sing.
Director Stephen Moorer describes Joe DiPietro’s All Shook Up as a hybrid of the skeletal structures of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night and As You Like It, fleshed out with Kevin Bacon’s Footloose, and clothed in Elvis ...
Honoring J.D. Salinger’s legacy, with love, squalor and reverence.
At times it seemed like he was long dead, and the news that he had in fact passed away on Jan. 28, just past his 91st birthday, does not dispel the strange sensation of being ...
