Oil on the Range
Ranchers say old-school cattle raising doesn’t pay the bills. now, even some enviros are backing oil leases to save ranch land.
South of Salinas, where the dark green valley floor gives way to golden slopes of the Gabilan and Santa Lucia mountains, there appears what ranchers call “hill land.” On a bright spring morning, cattle are ...
Issues / 2011 / June 23
Who’s Your Daddy?
Figuring out who their forefathers are drives a dedicated group of genealogists to discovery.
Gary Carlsen was cleaning out his attic in 1990 when he came across a pile of family heirlooms. Among them appeared a box of his mother’s things, where he chanced upon a book. He didn’t ...
Brezsny's Astrology June 23-29, 2011
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Golden orb spiders of Madagascar spin robust webs. Their silk is stronger than steel yet able to bend and expand when struck by insects. Here’s an equally amazing facet of their ...
By The Numbers 06-23-11
Real Estate
$1,800,000 Recent Sale 58 Spanish Bay Circle, Pebble Beach Built: 1990 Size: 3,500 square feet Features: 3 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, 2-car garage Amenities: Overlooking the 12th fairway, chef’s kitchen, library, steam shower Seller: Stephen Luczo ...
Go Time at 1833
The most anticipated debut of the decade, plus Mundos’ Squealing Pigs.
If I had a flaming absinthe cocktail for every time someone asked me, “What is the deal with Restaurant 1833?” my life would be one big fat fire-hazard of a hallucination. And that’s something which ...
Letters To The Editor 06.23.11
Being Blunt Prohibition fuels crime. (“From the feds to the county, the confusion surrounding medical marijuana laws are enough to drive a girl to get stoned,” June 16-22). It makes no sense for taxpayers to ...
¡Ask a Mexican! 06.23.11
Dear Mexican: I’m wondering how Mexicans feel about the communities of American expats springing up all over Mexico? Also, are there places in Mexico where it doesn’t get so hot that Americans are generally pretty ...
New Lease
Bay View Academy charter school finally finds space, and the students to fill it.
The founding and housing of the Bay View Academy charter school wasn’t without its fair share of drama. These days, though, Academy Board President Bill Shaw is feeling good about its future. “We’re on track ...
Cars 2
Disney/Pixar’s 'Cars 2' smokes the first installment with sublime visuals and fast action.
For all its fast-paced action and fish-out-of-water comedy, the first Cars was one-dimensional and lacked the heart that we’re used to from Disney/Pixar. Cars 2 isn’t going to overwhelm you with its heart either, but ...
Diocese Lockdown
Priest case will proceed more privately, judge admonishes attorneys for talking.
Six months after the Diocese of Monterey launched an internal investigation into claims the pastor of the Old Mission San Juan Bautista church molested a teenage boy in 2005, documents filed in a civil suit ...
Blues Babies
The Monterey Bay Blues Festival celebrates 25 years with a female tour de force and Grammy-worthy zydeco.
Since 1986, the Monterey Bay Blues Festival has hosted a barrage of blues superstars, from Etta James and Taj Mahal to B.B. King and Ruth Brown. This year’s 25th anniversary boasts another stellar collection of ...
Bad Teacher
Extra Credit: Bad Teacher aces the rom-com test by pickling the genre with genius technique.
It doesn’t descend – ascend? – to the levels of so-evil-it’s-genius of Bad Santa, which it clearly hopes to invoke with its title alone, but Bad Teacher is a refreshing breath of just-so-wrongness in today’s ...
Whooping cough cases soar, but experts say a simple vaccine can save the day and lives.
Last year, California had the highest incidence of whooping cough in 52 years. More than 8,000 cases of whooping cough were confirmed, including 10 infant deaths. In 2009, 19 cases were reported in Monterey County, ...
>Now we know: Marina Coast and Heitzman knew.
Dear Mrs. Collins, I get it. I really, really get it, that letter you wrote to the Monterey County Herald earlier this month in defense of your son, Steve Collins. I know where the urge ...
Street Talk 04.28.11 (asked @ Asked at Bayonet Black Horse in Seaside.
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What do you want to find about your family history?
Follow-up: What legacy do you hope to pass down? MIKE CUTINO | Student | Monterey A: There’s a guy named Burt Cutino in Monterey and I’d love to meet him and see if we’re related. ...
Maritime Mess
Revamped Museum of Monterey struggles to stay afloat as accusations fly.
Since its June 4 reopening, the Museum of Monterey has been hit like a ship in a squall by staff departures and allegations of mismanagement by its Board of Directors. Despite insistence by board members ...
Styrofoam Slap
Local cities have been slow to enforce their polystyrene bans. So the Weekly invites you to do the job.
Our readers voted it the Best Green Trend of 2011: replacing polystyrene take-out containers with Earth-friendlier materials, like cardboard and Taterware. As trends go, it’s a pretty hot one: The cities of Carmel, Pacific Grove, ...
Regional Project leaders dined out, visited SF on the county’s dime.
This much can be said about Monterey County Water Resources Agency General Manager Curtis Weeks: He likes to eat out, especially when the county picks up the tab. A September 2010 report from Monterey County ...
Squid Speaks
SUGAR AND SPICE… Mere mortals are no match for Squid when it comes to a mudslinging contest, what with eight tentacles and all, but that didn’t stop Marina Coast Water District board member Ken Nishi ...
Chilled, Not Frozen
Local grape production and revenue dip, but marketing dollars keep flowing.
After a freeze in early April, baby wine grapes shriveled into crumbly bunches the consistency of of corn flakes, according to grape growers in the Salinas Valley. Even after the vines sprout new bunches, production ...
