Pedal Perks
Tasty incentives abound for Monterey County bikers.
Riding bikes giveth, and riding bikes taketh away. Today (Thursday, May 12), in fact, more than 15 different locations will give away free breakfast from 7am to 9am to cyclists. Elementary schools across the county, ...
Moving Motivation
Three local cycle lovers push pedals for intriguing reasons.
The Courier Mike Baroni loves what he does – enough to brave severe bodily harm. “I get hit by cars all the time,” says the 24-year-old owner of Green Pedal, Monterey’s only bike courier service. ...
Two Speeds
Breaking down the best and worst parts of biking by the Bay.
Behold the Recreation Trail, arguably the best and most beauteous strip of pavement known to bicycling. But the local beauties don’t stop there. And, unfortunately, they come accompanied by a number of shortcomings. Here the ...
Riding for His Life
Phil Southerland was told he’d die. He didn’t listen. He kept charging.
Joanna Southerland held her tiny 7-month-old son in her hands and listened to him dying. “His head was hanging down,” she says. “His feet were hanging down. There was this incredibly deep gasping for breath, ...
Issues / 2011 / May 12
Brezsny's Astrology May 12-18, 2011
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): The 16th-century English writer John Heywood was a prolific creator of epigrams. I know of at least 20 of his proverbs that are still invoked, including “Haste makes waste,” “Out of ...
By The Numbers 05-12-11
By The Numbers 05-12-11
$535,000 Recent Sale 64 Panetta Road, Carmel Valley Built: 1948 Size: 1,981 square feet Features: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1-car carport Amenities: Vaulted ceilings, wood floors, hot tub, fenced yard, fireplace Seller: Bank of America ...
New Moonen
A sustainable stalwart keys a hopeful and historic 10th annual Cooking for Solutions at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
“The bluefin tuna is done,” says Rick Moonen, with uncharacteristic pessimism. Though a man of unabashed hope, the sustainable seafood chef knows his science, and appetites: The most optimistic estimates put the Atlantic bluefin population ...
Letters To The Editor 05.12.11
In Defense of Fernando I live in the Alisal Union School District and I have worked with Supervisor Fernando Armenta for 25 years. I do not always agree on every issue, but I have found ...
¡Ask a Mexican! 05.12.11
Dear Mexican: I can’t help thinking of Mexico as a Tea Party paradise. Mexican taxes are very low. There are few regulations, and environmentalists, socialists, and liberals are few and far between. There is no ...
Hugely Hip
The third annual Hipnic electrifies Big Sur with California stars of all vintages.
Tim Bluhm, of the Mother Hips, initially crafted the event his band curates to reflect the contemporary California sound. But this year, that idea has expanded to include ’60s-era pioneers like Beach Boy Al Jardine, ...
Phood Phreak
How a camera saved a social worker from fast food, and other dietetic doings.
Michelle Arnold knew she had a situation on her hands when the Jack in the Box drive-through staff knew her order before she made it. “I work a lot of nights,” says Arnold, who works ...
Spelling S.O.S.
Parents, staff protest MPUSD superintendent’s raise as state budget cuts loom.
As nearly 300 people lined Pacific Street in front of Monterey’s Colton Hall on May 6, holding handwritten signs protesting the pay raises given by the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District Board to Superintendent Marilyn ...
Priest
Oh My God: Priest somehow finds higher power necessary to combine killing vampire monsters and personal faith.
The last time director Scott Charles Stewart and star Paul Bettany made a supernatural horror flick, it was last year’s quite literally God-awful Legion. That movie, about badass angels fightin’ in the zombie apocalypse so ...
Everything Must Go
Will Hunting: Funnyman Will Ferrell searches for right dramatic touch in Everything Must Go.
Recall, if you will, Adam Sandler’s impressive dramatic turn in Punch Drunk Love. Like that film, Everything Must Go is a drama starring a comic who is an alumnus of Saturday Night Live in a ...
Quik Quality
Rap pillar DJ Quik unloads sharp new material at the Fox Theater in Salinas.
DJ Quik’s name fits the rapid pace at which he works: In addition to nearly 10 solo albums, Quik has produced platinum and gold records for everyone from 2Pac to Snoop Dogg. Along with his ...
Bad-ass B-day
The Alternative Cafe reaffirms its cred with annual New Brow super show.
Once a year, the Alternative Cafe throws a birthday party of sorts. This year’s is called New Brow IV. It’s a show of underground art, it’s their signature brand, it’s opening this Friday, and it’s ...
Barack Obama has a chance to redefine himself, and America, post-bin Laden.
Might the killing of Osama bin Laden create a once-in-a-presidency opportunity for Barack Obama: the chance to redefine himself by letting his progressive twin out of the closet and back into the political mainstream? Obama ...
Get Involved
Public Citizen 05.12.11
SATURDAY 5 | 14 WATER CONSERVATION | MONTEREY – Learn about drought-tolerant landscaping and home water conservation practices during this family-friendly celebration of water. 11am-4pm. Del Monte Shopping Center, 1410 Del Monte Center. Free. 645-4604, ...
Teachers call for CalSTRS to divest from methyl iodide.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency asked for it, and it’s most certainly getting it. In March, the same federal agency that in 2007 approved the controversial soil fumigant methyl iodide decided it would take public ...
Opaque Logic
Government rules fall through the budget cracks, making Brown Act unenforceable.
Among the many casualties of the state budget crisis are provisions of the Brown Act, California’s comprehensive open-meetings law. Last year, the state Legislature cut $17 million for reimbursing local government costs associated with Brown ...
Bailout Plan
As the Regional Project sputters, water district eyes potential desal site at NPS.
The Regional Desalination Project has the California Public Utilities Commission’s green light, but it’s still far from a sure thing – particularly in light of recent Coastal Commission scrutiny, questionable financing and a pending lawsuit ...
Squid Speaks
SHORT (LEGAL) NOTICE… Squid’s still pissed Nicole Scherzinger won Dancing With the Stars last year. It was a stacked competition. How could mom-of-eight Kate Gosselin or smarmy Bachelor Jake Pavelka hope to compete with a ...
Street Talk 05.12.11 (asked @ Asked at the Monterey Transit Center.
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Where would you like to see better bike routes?
Follow-up: What’s your biggest pet peeve with cyclists? WILL OLSON |Service Clerk | Pacific Grove A: One on the way to MPC would be kinda nice. Riding on Lighthouse, the sidewalks get small and the ...
One of a Kind
The third annual Quail Motorcycle Gathering brings truly unique muscle to a truly unique party.
One morning, Ian Barry woke up and decided to build motorcycles. “I just blocked off the next five years of my life and basically lived in the garage working on bikes,” says Barry, who grew ...
Extraordinary Warrior
Fieldworker, wrestler, high school senior Sofia Martinez attacks cultural norms with style.
On a morning so cold she couldn’t feel her hands, Sofia Martinez picked peas until her thumbnails fell off. But it wasn’t until she ran her overflowing pail of peas to the foreman that she ...
City further delays sluggish nightclub development in Oldtown Salinas.
Considering Gerry Kehoe owns three properties in Oldtown Salinas, it’s no wonder Mayor Dennis Donohue is wringing his hands over the stop-work order city officials issued May 4, stalling plans for a nightclub and restaurant ...
Lock Popping
Jail’s most dangerous inmates pick cell locks with paper.
Anyone who’s worked in a prison (or seen The Fugitive) knows that inmates are a crafty bunch. Case in point: increasingly clever lock-picking among Monterey County Jail’s most dangerous inhabitants. A case heard last month ...
