Blighted Battlefield
New activist group fights to push development off the remaining oak groves – and onto paved eyesores – on the former Fort Ord.
There’s a heaviness to Bill Weigle as he walks a slow loop through the former Fort Ord on a sunny April morning, past wildflower-smattered maritime chaparral, lichen-draped oak woodlands and gentle khaki-colored slopes cut through ...
Issues / 2011 / May 26
Camp Out Insight
Tips for trips to the state’s scores of camping sites.
The California Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds isn’t letting budget woes get it down. Association spokesperson Verna Wiseman shared tips and updates for the coming summer with the Weekly; here are the three most ...
Space Case
As the shuttle makes its final passes, local star-gazing events accumulate for summer 2011.
Asilomar Beach is a superb place to scope out heavenly and not-so-heavenly bodies. On a dark, cloudless night, planets, meteors, and even the Space Shuttle go zipping by. But there are no shortages of summertime ...
Brezsny's Astrology May 26-June 1, 2011
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Weaseling out of things is important to learn,” said cartoon anti-hero Homer Simpson. “It’s what separates us from the animals – except the weasel.” I normally don’t share that sentiment. My ...
Hurts So Good
Downloading the dirt at Cooking for Solutions, foie gras and other painful fun.
The man from Miya’s Sushi in Connecticut had himself one cosmic fishball. Bun Lai stood on a cement balcony at the Aquarium for Friday’s Cooking for Solutions gala and enthusiastically described the rare taste he ...
Out of the Parks
A peek at the reality facing folks hoping to visit State Parks closed due to budget cuts.
For those with a spiritual dependency on the sweeping 200-degree Pacific view from the highest point in Garrapata State Park, a “park closed” sign is as unlikely a deterrent as the washed out trails still ...
Vino Viene
Carmel-by-the-Sea and its neighboring valley are suddenly the best tasting destination.
Summer means weather – and time – for wine. A flurry of new tasting rooms have made Carmel and Carmel Valley the deepest goblet for summer wine tasters to dip into as the heat creeps. ...
Super Events Schedule
Summer Fun
In the last few weeks some of the best chefs in the world visited Monterey County for Pebble Beach Food & Wine and Cooking for Solutions. This summer, many of the planet’s best musicians, authors, ...
Letters To The Editor 05.26.11
Money Grab Two articles caught my attention in the Monterey County Weekly during our visit to beautiful Monterey County. The first concerned the “feeding frenzy” over funding for the proposed desalination project in your area ...
¡Ask a Mexican! 05.26.11
Dear Mexican: I’m a Spanish court interpreter in Santa Bárbara, California; I’ve also worked in Los Angeles courts. I just read your most recent column regarding the promotion of the learning and practicing of English ...
The Hangover Part II
Hangover Hangups: The Hangover Part II is more of Part I – which is both good and bad.
The formula mold that worked so well the first time around loses some steam in this follow-up to the most successful R-rated movie ever made. With so much of its would-be surprise elements given away ...
Underdog Deals
Under-reported strategies to get on the golf course without going on food stamps.
Golfing on a budget. Sounds like an oxymoron, but the winding fairways, snow-white sand traps and impeccably groomed greens are not purely for those with the newest $500 TaylorMade r11 driver and a $699 Callaway ...
Middle Ground
A week’s tour of the Peninsula’s Middle Eastern offerings yields a satisfying experience.
Middle East politics can be fascinating, but they can also be unnerving. Not so with the region’s food. To explore the local restaurants that prep authentic Middle Eastern cuisine as enthusiastically as some debate its ...
As FPPC investigates Steve Collins, Marina Coast shuns FPPC training.
What began as a routine agenda item for Marina Coast Water District’s counsel to lead a fast workshop on government code compliance ended abruptly with a call to start looking for a new attorney. The ...
Immigrant women face high levels of harassment, and most never report it.
So far, French complaints about the ritually humiliating perp walk aside, the Dominique Strauss-Kahn rape scandal has cast the American system of justice in a flattering light. When alerted to the incident, the New York ...
Get Involved
Public Citizen 05.26.11
ONGOING BACKPACK COLLECTION | MONTEREY – Donate new school supplies to children in need. Donation drop 9am-5pm Mon-Thurs, 9am-4pm Fri, 8am-2pm Sun. Shoreline Community Church, 2500 Garden Road. 383-8593, lisa@prayfam.net. THURSDAY 5 | 26 CELEBRATING ...
Ted Turner can’t be contained, not even by the Packards.
Ted Turner moves in and out of the auditorium at the Monterey Bay Aquarium flanked by a bevy of security guards, a foursome of earnest, handsome young men wearing suits and earpieces, men who seem ...
Squid Speaks
WELL, POOP… Squid is used to paddling around in less than clear water, but when it comes to drinking it, even this cephalopod likes the pristine stuff. Thus Squid feels a little solidarity with customers ...
316 Gets 86’d
Alvarado Street coffee shop moving out, making way for national chains.
Yvonne Boltze looks around the coffee shop she’s brought to life at 316 Alvarado St., admiring local art on the walls and regulars shooting the breeze in the spacious corner seats. With a resigned sigh, ...
Sun Set
National stars Sleepy Sun visit Carbone’s in New Monterey.
About two years ago, when Sleepy Sun played the All Tomorrow’s Parties festival in upstate New York, lead singer Bret Constantino noticed Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne watching from the side of the stage. “I ...
Weekend at Henry’s
Chris Robinson, The Wrecking Crew, Vinyl in the Woods, Gillian Welch all visit Big Sur this week.
There won’t be much need to move from the grassy carpet of the Henry Miller Library all holiday weekend long. The marathon of entertainment begins on Friday with a showing of The Wrecking Crew. The ...
Runoff Pushback
Local cities buck state effort to tighten stormwater rules; P.G. lands green grant.
Everyone seems to agree that ocean pollution sucks. But when it comes to identifying where it originates, how to reduce it and who should pay for it – then things get murky. The State Water ...
Gender Gap
New report shows women’s wages still lag behind those of men.
Cracked as it may be, there is still a glass ceiling for the women of Monterey County in terms of education and leadership opportunities, according to a new report released by the Women’s Fund of ...
Street Talk 05.26.11 (asked @ Asked at the Marina Library.
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What do you think of Fort Ord’s identity?
Follow-up: What excites you the most about its possibilities? JACQI DAVIS Mentor | Carmel A: In transition. We still call it Fort Ord, but it isn’t Fort Ord anymore. Just Do It: Get rid of ...
Piling on the Damage
Moss Landing Harbor District seeks FEMA funds in tsunami’s wake.
The damage to Santa Cruz Harbor during the March 11 tsunami caught a wave of press, and more than $20 million in disaster relief funding – but the subtler shock to Moss Landing Harbor almost ...
