A Hazy Future – Part 2
Part 2: The Medicine
To get to Judy Song’s home, you must wend your way through Carmel Valley, whose hillsides, as Richard Rosen recalls, were the site of massive marijuana grow operations in the early ‘80s. Song calls this ...
A Hazy Future – Part 1
Part 1: From the feds to the county, the confusion surrounding medical marijuana laws are enough to drive a girl to get stoned.
Compassionate Health Options is a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it kind of place. Tucked away in a small, second-floor suite off Pacific Street in Monterey, its only signage is a faded piece of paper taped to a ground-level window ...
A Hazy Future – Part 3
Part 3: The Money
The profit motive is a compelling argument for increasing access to medical marijuana in California, particularly as the Golden State slashes services in its struggle to sustain solvency. Proponents of Proposition 19, last year’s unsuccessful ...
Issues / 2011 / June 16
Brezsny's Astrology June 16-22, 2011
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): The film Tuck Everlasting tells the story of a family that becomes immortal after drinking from a magical spring. The two parents and their two sons hide their gift from the ...
When the Salt Hits the Fan
Steve Collins dirt threatens to sully other officials involved with the desal project.
The investigation of former water official Steve Collins’ potential conflict of interest isn’t over yet. Now that some of Collins’ billing records have been made public, the question becomes: “Who knew what, when?” In early ...
Cottage of Cards
Carmel Valley assisted living project nears completion, despite legal challenges.
After a nearly decade-long planning and permitting process, a 78-bed assisted living facility in Carmel Valley faces a new legal battle over environmental rules. The lawsuit, filed June 1 by Save Our Peninsula Committee, follows ...
Mi Pueblo Food Center
Big Dealin’: Mi Pueblo does Latino grocery extra-large and affordable.
The scale of the 20,000-square-foot Mi Pueblo Food Center is overwhelming, and assaults several senses. The bustle of eager attendants and dozens of customers creates a bee-hive hum while mariachi and banda music plays in ...
Letters To The Editor 06.16.11
Party On Reading the last paragraph of Squid’s commentary regarding “Moderate” Steve McShane was cathartic (“Squid Fry,” June 9-15). It’s disappointing that the Weekly so often relegates harsh, sound criticism of The Egregiously Absurd (TEA) ...
Igniting Invention
A range of locals tap innovative Kickstarter website to chase their creative dreams.
A college student seeks just enough money to film a mini-documentary. A photographer pines for publishing funds. An arty nonprofit venue needs a reboot. Unfortunately, the struggling artist’s life isn’t so romantic. That’s where Kickstarter.com ...
By The Numbers 06-16-11
By The Numbers 06-16-11
$442,000 Recent Sale 24650 Santa Rita St., Carmel Built: 1948 Size: 1,170 square feet Features: 2 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms, 2-car garage Amenities: Fireplace, patio, deck, fenced yard, updated kitchen Seller: Deutsche Bank Buyer: James and ...
Food, a Love Poem
With apologies to Julie Andrews, a few of my favorite things.
Poets have compared it to a bird, a fire and an earthquake. Some say love can inspire war, unmatched music and mortal illness. Yes, love knows many faces. For me, of late, I found it ...
¡Ask a Mexican! 06.16.11
Dear Mexican: I’m a white girl dating a Mexican from Jalisco that works for my dad. There lies the problem. Dad absolutely dislikes him andtotally opposes me dating Ignacio and has been almost rude to ...
Case Study
Celebrity favorite, legendary songwriter Peter Case descends on little Alternative Cafe in Seaside.
In 2009, Peter Case underwent emergency open-heart surgery. Uninsured, the 57-year-old singer-songwriter emerged alive, but with hospital bills totaling six figures. What ensued in the aftermath shows how respected Case is as a musician and ...
Rock Diary
Local rising star Lauren Shera shares her thoughts from her debut at Bonnaroo.
Carmel Valley’s Lauren Shera has wanted to attend the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival for years. This year she did – not only as a fan, but also as a performer. Here’s a little taste ...
MoM Needs A Parent
Monterey’s fragile hopes for its newly revamped maritime museum were dashed this week with news that Executive Director John Bailey has quit. Bailey’s resignation comes just nine days after the Museum of Monterey (formerly the ...
Get Involved
Public Citizen 06.16.11
THURSDAY 6 | 16 PLANNING SOLUTIONS | SALINAS–Hartnell College presents a screening of the documentary A Convenient Truth on environmental solutions through urban planning. A Q&A with the filmmakers follows. 3-5pm. 411 Central Ave., Room ...
Mom wants pot. Now how do I send her some?
My 83-year-old mother in Chicago called me about a month ago with what sounded like a simple request. “I need pot,” she said. I thought I heard her correctly. “You need a pot? OK, you ...
Squid Speaks
UNLIKE IT… Just the other day, Squid was beadily eyeing the Weekly tech dude in a meeting, spurting indignation at a rash of Google Docs hiccups. “What’ll we do if Google goes belly-up with all ...
Skateland
Weighty Eighties 'Skateland' unspools a tender and nuanced understanding of a time in Texas.
“The future’s open wide,” sang Modern English’s Robbie Grey on the band’s 1982 single “I Melt With You.” For a time, if you were coming of age but maybe not trying so hard to grow ...
Mr. Popper’s Penguins
Jim Carrey entertains with 'Mr. Popper’s Penguins'.
Loosely based on Florence Atwater’s 1938 children’s book, Mr. Popper’s Penguins never completely gels. But that doesn’t stop Jim Carrey from using everything in his arsenal of comic physicality to keep his audience entertained – ...
Silver Screen Sur
Jack Kerouac’s 'Big Sur' gets the Hollywood treatment from Kate Bosworth and company.
Joining a list of movies filmed in Monterey County that includes Clint Eastwood’s Play Misty For Me, Turner and Hooch and Star Trek IV is an upcoming feature film adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s 1961 novel ...
Power Washing
Multinationals talk marketing, while locals implement zero waste behind the scenes.
Makers of environmentally sensitive products spent a good deal of time at the Sustainable Brands Conference talking about their ability to change people’s behaviors. Were they not for a noble purpose, such intentions might have ...
Village Green
Monterey Mattress teams with green architecture firm to envision a Fort Ord “eco-village.”
Safwat Malek calls it a dream site: More than 18 acres on the former Fort Ord that he wants to transform into a “live-work eco-village.” “There’s an existing building and blighted land that’s crying out ...
Street Talk 04.28.11 (asked @ Penny Saver Market in Marina.
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Which activity is most enhanced by smoking marijuana?
Follow-up: Who or what would you want to blaze one with? PAE AUELUA | Laborer | Marina A: I like to get high and play basketball. It makes me feel like I’m Michael Jordan… but ...
