From the Field to the Fork, Tracing the Traceability Issue.
Consumers groove on knowing where their food comes from, but for the ag industry, it’s become a matter of safety and profit.
The announcement on Sept. 15, 2006 was unprecedented: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned consumers they should not eat fresh spinach. By then, three people were already dead after an outbreak of E. coli ...
Issues / 2011 / Mar 03
Opinion: One man’s take on his culture’s stereotypes
¡Ask a Mexican! 03.03.11
Dear Mexican: I am a mocha skinned woman with long, curly hair and darkbrown eyes. Puerto Ricans always ask if I am Puerto Rican, Dominicans just come and start speaking Spanish, Cubans ask if my ...
Bloody Crucial
How CHOMP’s Blood Center draws upon a community to save lives.
Inside a small, white-walled room, a tall, raven-haired woman covers a series of questions. Have you come into contact with anyone with hepatitis? Have you been outside the United States in the past 12 months? ...
Brezsny's Astrology March 3-9, 2011
Brezsny's Astrology March 3-9, 2011
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “The most fundamental form of human stupidity is forgetting what we were trying to do in the first place,” said Friedrich Nietzsche. So for instance, if you’re the United States government ...
By The Numbers 03-03-11
Real Estate
$367,000 Recent Sale 725 Alice St., Monterey Built: 1952 Size: 789 square feet Features: 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, car port Amenities: Fenced yard, new carpet and paint, dual-pane windows Seller: Carmelita Croft Buyer: Ashley Hefner ...
Jarring Experience
Testing out a Happy Girls Kitchen class proves pickling can be (very) powerful.
Behold the power of the pickle. It provides a snapshot of seasonal flavor, a moment preserved in time – and a jar – and the delicious promise of future enjoyment. That preservationist power doubles as ...
The Public Voice
CIVIL DISCOURSE I think it is inaccurate for Squid to suggest that the Monterey County Planning Commission lacks civility in conducting its meetings or its business. (“Squid Fry,” Feb. 24-March 2). Please consider that boards ...
Rango
Great CGI, clever themes and top directing make Rango the best movie of 2011 so far.
A stranger shambles along the dusty main street of a down-on-its-luck town and bursts through the swinging doors of the saloon, causing a sensation. It’s not an ordinary town, even by the standards of the ...
The Adjustment Bureau
Destiny’s Fate: Matt Damon’s The Adjustment Bureau presents big questions with an iffy plot.
You know when something feels “right,” and everything in your body is telling you it’s the right thing to do? That impulse is at the heart of The Adjustment Bureau, only the hook is that ...
Fluid Movement
Local group says it will ask voters to dissolve the Peninsula water district.
A citizens’ group that wants to dissolve the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District and take over Cal Am’s local water system says it plans to start circulating petitions mid-March in an effort to get the ...
Banking on Jobs
Monterey County commits to economic development, creates a new department.
Even as funding for existing public programs faces deep cuts, Monterey County is cobbling together a budget to create an Economic Development Department. “We are in a time of crisis,” Redevelopment and Housing Director Jim ...
Spungin Special
Wild tastes by way of Big Sur and Bernardus, plus Charlie Sheen advice.
Last week Bernardus pastry master Ben Spungin took a precious stash of chanterelle shrooms and packed them into his dehydrating machine. When they emerged, gills dried, flavors concentrated, he pulverized them. The resulting gold dust ...
Dixieland ABCs
A definitive dictionary of Monterey’s Jazz Bash by the Bay.
Army The 101st Army Dixieland Band, which draws from classical and jazz backgrounds, is Colorado’s oldest military band. 101st Army Dixieland Band "Dogface Soldier" SFRaeAnn --> Big Mama Sue Kroninger Kroninger thumps her washboard so ...
Velvet Crush
The Velvet Teen unloads fierce electronic sound and a new reflective rock on Planet Gemini.
Last October, the Velvet Teen were invited for a week-long tour in Japan. The cinematic quality of the music seemed to have mass appeal among the Japanese youth, who packed every one of the band’s ...
Planned Parenthood could lose needed dollars with pending U.S. Senate vote.
As the health insurance debate rages, another medical fire has ignited as the U.S. House of Representatives voted to ban federal funding for services that include birth control, health screenings and other care at Planned ...
Musical Chairs
Gonzales’ councilman steps down, eyes supervisor seat, leaves hole on LAFCO.
Matt Gourley, a longtime Gonzales City Councilman, shocked the tiny city when he resigned last month. He didn’t step down amidst scandal. In fact, the city’s solid and Gourley wants to focus on his family ...
Government aid to Big Pharma hard to swallow.
Our president is doling out welfare payments – unfortunately, to one of the world’s most profitable and socially corrupt industries: pharmaceuticals. Barack Obama’s administration is ponying up $1 billion to create a new branch of ...
Public Citizen 03-03-11
Get Involved
ONGOING FUNDRAISING TOOLS | COUNTYWIDE – Nonprofits can apply for grants to participate in a program on diversifying revenue with the Academies for Social Entrepreneurship. The California Endowment will give scholarships for up to eight ...
Killing the Workforce Investment Act budget suicidal.
The newly elected majority of the House of Representatives passed their budget bill, HR1, two weeks ago. It has been temporarily shelved while the leadership works until March 18 to avoid the government shutdown that ...
Squid Fry 03-03-11
Squid Speaks
FOURTH ESTATE BLUES… If a tree falls on 8 Upper Ragsdale Drive, are there any journalists left to make a sound? It’s a question that keeps Squid up nights following word from a tipster that ...
Street Talk 02-17-11 (Asked @ the American Tin Cannery in Pacific Grove.)
What sacrifices do you make?
Follow-up: What would you hate to give up? AMANDA PREECE | Aquarium Aviculture Intern | Monterey A: I’m an unpaid intern, so I have to sacrifice extra expenses, like chocolate and sweets until I give ...
Sugar and Smoke
The county considers tobacco-free workplaces and the state weighs a soda tax.
In a shift from creating smoke-free to smoker-free environments, the County Board of Supervisors is considering an outright ban on smokers working at the health department and Natividad Medical Center. Under the proposal, applicants would ...
