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Vexing Texting

Many of Monterey’s naughtiest and implausible activities are captured on smartphones.

Some tales from the area code can be told in texts. Two years ago, the Weekly compiled some of the most loco local examples of the year with the help of a website called Texts ...

Brezsny's Astrology January 3-9, 2013

Free Will Astrology

ARIES (March 21-April 19): In 2013, I pledge to conspire with you to increase your mastery of the art of friendship. Together we will concentrate on making you an even stronger ally than you already ...

By The Numbers 01.03.13

Real Estate

$525,000 Recent Sale 410 Cedar Street, Pacific Grove Built: 1957 Size: 1,155 square feet Features: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1-car garage Amenities: Patio, fenced yard, washer/dryer, hardwood floors, fireplace, bonus room Seller: Noel Walling Buyer: ...

Theme=Redeem

Rancho Cielo’s saintly work ascends with a cookbook, coach rides and a big party.

So maybe you’ve heard of this place on the northernmost fringe of Salinas where a concerned community led by a former judge provides a path out of the court system for kids who have caught ...

Cafe Ariana

Nice Bite: Cafe Ariana’s Italian charms and low prices make a basic menu work.

Cafe Ariana is a welcome newcomer to the Pacific Grove dining scene, keeping things simple with a menu of anytime favorites that hit the spot for a quick lunch or no-frills dinner. But it’s the ...

The Public Voice

Letters To The Editor 01.03.13

Salt Sense I was surprised to see an item on the consent calendar for the last Salinas City Council meeting, calling for the City of Salinas to “pursue an agreement with DeepWater Desal LLC to ...

The Tops

2012 yielded a bumper crop of stellar flicks.

What a great year for movies. This list of the Top Ten movies of 2012 could easily have 20 entries and there’d still be room to spare. Yes, we had our disappointments – Prometheus and ...

Rock Steady

Santa Cruz’s Deep Ellum hail from a rock and roll land where grooving has no time restraints.

Deep Ellum uses a trio of atypical terms to define its music: “bootcut boogie,” “cosmic country” and “roadhouse rock and roll.” From the sound of the recently released debut EP by guitarist/singer David Glasebrook, bassist ...

Off the Clock

Dole workers file class-action suit, alleging wage violations.

The simplicity of opening a pre-washed, bagged salad in your kitchen belies complex systems of conveyors, belts and tumblers that make up vegetable processing plants. The Willy Wonka-style rooms are usually chilly caverns with damp ...

Lucky ’13

The year ahead brings a stockpile of listening enjoyment to Monterey County.

The year 2012 was a good one for the local concertgoer – Mumford & Sons, Joan Baez, the Flaming Lips, Bob Weir and Jackie Greene entertained us and, more importantly, delivered lasting memories. So far, ...

Hyde Park on the Hudson

Franklin and the King: Meandering story, inaccurate portrayals hamper exploration of FDR in Hyde Park on the Hudson

There’s a scene in Hyde Park on the Hudson in which a pool of reporters are waiting for President Franklin D. Roosevelt to come out of his mansion and get into his car. They all ...

Water Wars

State poised to revoke Salinas River water rights; county preps for fight.

There’s something quaint about the typewritten 1949 water rights application the Monterey County Water Resources Agency’s predecessor agency made to the State Water Resources Control board, requesting rights to almost 169,000 acre-feet of water per ...

Stable Shelter

Salinas homeless build a rules-driven tent community on Soledad Street.

It’s Christmas on Soledad Street. “Festive” isn’t a word normally associated with this part of Salinas, where crates and tarps substitute for homes, and worn buildings hover stonily over drug deals and fights. And yet, ...

Revolutionary Violin

Tim Fain returns to Monterey County with a live multimedia show with a message.

Violinist Tim Fain is one of those young classical music stars who connects genres and mediums and generations, like a sort-of conduit, an emulsifier, a portal. Fittingly, Portals is the name of his new multimedia ...

Get Involved

Public Citizen 01.03.13

ONGOING AVOIDING HOLIDAY WASTE | MARINA – The Monterey Regional Waste Management District, in partnership with Waste Management, Inc., offers a special recycling collection for polystyrene, commonly known as Styrofoam. Drop off polystyrene (and other ...

Get Involved

Public Citizen 01.03.13

ONGOING AVOIDING HOLIDAY WASTE | MARINA – The Monterey Regional Waste Management District, in partnership with Waste Management, Inc., offers a special recycling collection for polystyrene, commonly known as Styrofoam. Drop off polystyrene (and other ...