Bonus Boneheads
More of the texts you just can’t quit.
Bator admits that the story of how he came to create Texts From Last Night with classmate Lauren Leto can be a little anticlimactic. “There isn’t much to it,” he says. “I tell them, ‘Just ...
The Founder’s Favorites
Texts from Last Night co-creator compiles his top texts.
Ben Bator concedes he digs his gig. “It’s very nice to call this a job,” he says. “I can call going to the bar ‘market research.’” Visitors who sign up for an account on his ...
Textual Healing
A look at the most entertaining messages sent from Monterey County mobile phones and more.
In the torrent of often asinine texts he sees every day – i.e. “ohhhh f*. chick’s a dude.” and “I’ve created a drink called, ‘watching the sound of music with grandma.’ it’s straight vodka” – ...
Issues / 2011 / Jan 06
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ONGOING XMAS TREE RECYCLING | COUNTYWIDE – Recycle Christmas trees in areas where Waste Management is your local garbage provider. Trees must be cut into 3-foot pieces. Waste Management also maintains a number of drop-off ...
Toxic Waters
Freshwater algae might be killing Monterey Bay otters.
Findings from a recent study show that a toxin produced by algal blooms in freshwater lakes is poisoning otters in the Monterey Bay, evidence of a land-to-sea pollution flow not previously identified. Melissa Miller, Senior ...
New emergency system will prevent outsiders from listening.
Monterey County has awarded a $15 million contract to upgrade the radio system that links the county’s 19 public safety agencies, a response to a federal mandate that requires all radio systems to have their ...
Ex-CEO Sues
Former credit union chief heads to court, seeks back wages and damages.
The former CEO of Monterey Columbian Federal Credit Union, now the Monterey County Employees Credit Union, is suing her former employer, alleging age, disability and gender discrimination led to her firing. Donna Bindel is suing ...
Sidewalk Boxing
Light Speed project drawing neighbor complaints.
AT&T’s Project Light Speed, a fiber optic network competing with Comcast for local customers, promises super-fast Internet and cable TV service – but it also deposits clunky metal boxes in public rights-of-way. A three-foot-by-five-foot box ...
Transfer Trials
Districts brace as law allowing students to flee low-performing schools takes effect.
In 2011, a new state law allows kids who attend failing neighborhood schools – as measured by standardized tests – to hop district boundaries and enroll in higher achieving schools beginning next August. The so-called ...
When marketing copy passes as medical writing, someone wins.
After the FDA approves a new drug, it rarely faces follow-up studies that might reveal serious and possibly fatal side effects. Some dangers remain hidden for years until an accumulation of disasters sparks lawsuits. Faced ...
One vet’s career likely ends, another hopes his will revive.
The worst 18 months of my life so far came to an end in September 1994. The movers had come, packed us out and gone. The car was loaded with everything needed for a cross-country ...
Squid Fry 01-06-11
Squid Speaks
WHAT THE DUCK?… Squid dines on a duck egg now and again, and is accustomed to paying for such culinary luxuries. Unlike a private equity firm in New York, which is alleged to owe nearly ...
SoDA Pops
PacRep’s performing arts school picks up where CET left off.
Pacific Repertory Theatre’s School of Dramatic Arts (SoDA) is ready to debut a new program, Words on Stage: Voices from Great Literature, in the recently acquired Indoor Forest Theatre. A year-long creation of SoDA instructor/actress ...
Bootleg Hooch
Wide-ranging, well-traveled Battlehooch makes East Village its next destination.
A few weeks ago, avant-garde rocker Captain Beefheart passed away. The far-out musician left an undeniable and lasting impression on everyone from Tom Waits and Jack White to Beck and David Byrne. San Francisco’s Battlehooch ...
Taylor Made
Lisa Taylor was raised to bring the sound she’ll soon give Sly’s and Cibo.
Lisa Taylor had no trouble finding the groove that has led her to share the bill with big hip-hop names like Talib Kweli and Tech N9ne, and rock veterans like The Jets. It came naturally. ...
Country Strong
Country Strong delivers a stunningly affective rags-to-riches tale.
Oh, silly, the movie about the lady country music superstar! Gwyneth Paltrow as Faith Trisha LeAnn Shania, for reals? Hey, cute: She meets the boytoy up-and-comer in rehab! Aww, adorable: An orphaned baby bird tucked ...
Brezsny's Astrology Jan 6-12 2011
Free Will Astrology
Aries (March 21-April 19): “A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve,” mused 19th-century author Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Advice ...
Street Talk 01-06-11
What do you wish you’d gotten a chance to study?
Follow-up: What do you look forward to about aging? GREG MASELLI | Chef | Big Sur A: Even though I know tons of musicians and always take advantage of their talents, I wish personally that ...
Mando's
Fast Acting: Mando’s quickly fills a beloved Mexican spot in Pacific Grove with attentiveness and flavor.
When my friend pointed out the curious painting of the Venice canals amid Mando’s Mexican décor, she knocked over her Pacifico. It drenched our basket of chips. The waiter was there in seconds with towels, ...
Old School
Enterprising OLLI program gives more of our elders the education they always wanted.
Ruben Dozal, who dropped out of school at age 11 to begin working in the fields, figured his shot at higher education was pretty much kaput. Not so fast. “I never had the chance to ...
By The Numbers
$965,000 Recent Sale 935 Mesa Rd., Monterey Built: 1979 Size: 2,424 square feet Features: 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 2-car garage Amenities: 3 fireplaces, vaulted ceilings, marble floors, wet bar, sauna, fenced yard Seller: Johnson Family ...
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ONGOING XMAS TREE RECYCLING | COUNTYWIDE – Recycle Christmas trees in areas where Waste Management is your local garbage provider. Trees must be cut into 3-foot pieces. Waste Management also maintains a number of drop-off ...
