The Navy Man, the Bad Boy and the Fighter
Three relative unknowns are well worth following.
Even casual fans know the names Tiger and Lefty. And they should, especially since at least one of the previous AT&T Pro-Am champs will take the title in 2012 (see box, right). But this year, ...
Ready to Play
Coming off a historic year, the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am gets even better.
Talk about your Cinderella stories. No, not Bill Murray. D.A. Points. Murray’s long been everybody’s buddy – for years he had his own rooting section, outfitted in Carl Spackler helmets and camos and drinking cannonballs. ...
When a man loves a golf game
Anthony Anderson earns audiences with versatility on course and on screen.
Of late, drama-comedy double-threat Anthony Anderson has grown used to visualizing success – and finding it – in his rise from “bright-eyed kid in Compton” to star in everything from Golf in America to Law ...
Best Golf Bag Ever
The top clubs from the top players in AT&T Pro Am – and the world – make for a mean set of sticks.
Every golfer’s got one. For Kevin Costner’s character in Tin Cup, it’s the 7. (“I hit the 7-iron the way John Daly hits the 3,” he says.) For Bobby Jones, it was his putter. He ...
Issues / 2012 / Feb 09
By The Numbers 2-16-12
Real Estate
$1,050,000 Recent Sale 2775 Ribera Rd., Carmel Built: 1981 Size: 2,005 square feet Features: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2-car garage Amenities: Ocean view, open-hearth fireplace, library, patio, hardwood floors Seller: William Balloun Trust Buyer: Mike ...
Phoebe's Cafe
Hidden Heaven: Phoebe’s Café helps make picturesque Asilomar a nice getaway for everyone.
Even for locals, a trip to the new Phoebe’s Café at the Asilomar Conference Grounds can feel like a mini vacation. Tucked into a nook of the spacious Phoebe Hearst Social Hall – where visitors ...
Brezsny's Astrology Feb 9-12, 2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or conquest,” said author George Eliot. I believe the same is true even about intimate bonds that have not been legally consecrated. Each ...
By The Numbers 2-09-12
Real Estate
$374,500 Recent Sale 1828 Judson St., Seaside Built: 1971 Size: 1,339 square feet Features: 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, 1-car garage Amenities: Completely remodeled, new roof, windows and appliances, fenced yard Seller: Robert and Donna Igleheart ...
Well Above Par
Heartfelt benefits, EcoFarm insight and hall-of-famers.
At press time, Chef Thomas Snyder didn’t know what he was going to make for the third annual Clambake for a Cure Friday. Here’s two things we do know. One, judging from the seafood stew ...
Letters To The Editor 2.09.12
In the ’Vill Thanks for the wonderful article on Carmel Valley and its beautiful village (“Carmel Valley Rising,” Feb. 2-8). We’re still a secret to many but I think it’s just a matter of time ...
Reading History
Monterey County Free Libraries celebrates 100 years of service
One hundred years ago, the RMS Titanic set off on its first and last voyage; the African National Congress, which today governs South Africa, was founded; Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures started operations; and European ...
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Inane Island: Journey 2: The Mysterious Island smears steampunk legacies; shines dimly with CGI creatures.
Every time the Rock (Dwayne Johnson) stars in a film nominally based on the writings of Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, Robert Lewis Stevenson – or any combination thereof – somewhere a steampunk baby dies. That ...
Safe House
Smoke and Mirrors: An unrealistic plot and shallow dialogue sends Safe House the way of countless failed CIA semi-thrillers.
Oo oo oo, it’s CIA action porn when Safe House finally gets going, all mysterious black SUVs and “kill the surveillance cameras” and stoic badassery all around. It’s sorta exciting, apparently, for Ryan Reynolds’ Matt ...
Soul Survivors
A couple of R&B legends warm up Salinas just in time for Valentine’s Day.
Just the sound of Brenton Wood’s voice tells you that you’re in the presence of someone who has experienced a lot. “Being a black musician [in the ’60s] was a big struggle,” he says. “I ...
All That
Five local musicians bring several genres, and a key memory, to Good Sams Band.
When guitarist Andrew Dolan was a kid, the music that appealed to him came from surf movies. The soundtracks from stuff like The Good Times and Momentum, carried by ’90s punk rockers like Pennywise and ...
Labor for Health
Clinica de Salud employees may join the SEIU amid allegations of union-busting tactics.
When Clinica de Salud del Valle de Salinas CEO Dr. Max Cuevas visited a rural health center in Oaxaca, he says, midwives who met him could tell simply by touching his hands that he delivers ...
Carmel River Issues Converge
New watershed coordinator brings more than a dozen groups together.
The river that inspired Jack London and Robert Louis Stevenson needs help. “It is a watershed that is on life support and that needs some very large investment,” a half-dozen agencies wrote in a successful ...
Blue Gold
Feds look to the ocean for clean energy as scientists debate wave power potential.
Offshore oil drilling doesn’t stand much of a chance in the protected waters of Monterey Bay. But as the U.S. Department of Energy eyes the sea for renewable energy, local shores are strong contenders. Apart ...
Candidate School 2012 primes political hopefuls in time for the mid-term elections.
On Feb. 2, Leadership Monterey Peninsula kicked off Candidate School 2012 at Marina’s Shoreline Conference Center. Nearly 17 participants arrived, notebooks in hand, to hear county Elections Services Specialist Susan Orman and political analysts Dawn ...
Bank Breakers
County takes on more than $400 million in debt as Redevelopment Agency folds.
As Monterey County’s former director of redevelopment and housing, Jim Cook would have lost his job when California’s 425 redevelopment agencies dissolved Feb. 1. But he was spared unemployment when officials chose him to lead ...
Rolling Rivers
Comedy legend, icon and rabble rouser Joan Rivers stays on the top of her game – and refuses to slow down.
Joan Rivers saves all the daily planners she’s used over the years. She refers to a full schedule as “happiness” and despises days when the only thing on tap is a 4:30pm gig in the ...
Extending the Fort Ord Reuse Authority’s lifespan could mean more jobs, better development and cooperation in the region.
Fort Ord has been a critical part of our region’s economy, politics and environment since 1917, and we all know the challenges and opportunities that the base’s 1994 closure posed to our communities. That year, ...
Get Involved
Public Citizen 2.09.12
ONGOING NEIGHBORHOOD GRANTS | COUNTYWIDE – The Community Foundation for Monterey County offers $1,000 to $4,000 grants for resident-led neighborhood improvements. Info sessions 6-7:30pm; Wed Feb. 15, Greenfield Public Library, 315 El Camino Real and ...
Finding hope in the fall of Prop. 8 and the rise of Gives!
Two columns for the price of one: The first on the number eight, and the second on a much larger number. One. As much as I hated living in Berkeley, and boy did I ever, ...
Squid Speaks
PRUDE GROVE… Squid’s glad porn is free online these days (cue Avenue Q), because the one time Squid attempted to buy smut at a local sex shop, a leering creep in the aisle made Squid’s ...
Street Talk 01.26.12 (asked @ Allure Salon in Salinas.)
What’s the biggest misconception about stylists?
Follow-up: What’s the worst hair trend of all time? LYNN COLIJN | Hairstylist/Esthetician | Salinas A: That we ended up going to beauty college because we failed at just about everything else. No Party: The ...
Hair Peace
Larry Zellers uses his Boomerang Hair Studio to help locals find acceptance and relief.
Larry Zellers crafted no fewer than 29 wigs for PacRep’s new production of Hairspray, which opened last month at the Golden Bough Theater. But the job didn’t stop there. “The high school kids are all ...
Pariah
Coming Out On Top: Pariah refuses to conform in its telling of a closeted lesbian’s trials of self-discovery.
Pariah encompasses the personal and the universal with its emotionally engaging story about a Brooklyn teenager who struggles to find a place to fit in and thrive. The film is fresh yet familiar, raw but ...
