Why is it that people die when we talk about gun control?
When it comes to the emotional issue of gun control, Harry Truman had it right when he said, “The only thing new in this world is the history that you don’t know.” I’ve been thinking ...
Issues / 2013 / Mar 07
Library Lesson
Months after the grand reopening, empty shelves highlight Cesar Chavez library.
The Cesar Chavez Library is packed with resources: laptops, a homework room, even afternoon Zumba classes. But one key element seems to be missing. “The library is new, and you can see we have plenty ...
Enter the Vampire
Behind the mythos of the cowboy window washer with a beard.
Thomas Skeens’ signature look – a tattered and weathered cowboy hat adorned with tons of feathers and doodads – is so classic around Monterey County he got picked as an extra in a Clint Eastwood ...
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Maybe you’re not literally in exile. You haven’t been forced to abandon your home and you haven’t been driven from your power spot against your will. But you may nevertheless be ...
By The Numbers 03.07.13
Real Estate
$1,410,000 Recent Sale 24422 Portola Ave., Carmel Built: 1946 Size: 3,496 square feet Features: 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2-car garage Amenities: Ocean views, finished basement with game room and wine cellar, fireplace, spa, deck Seller: ...
Frankie’s Grill
Frankie Family: Frankie’s Grill furnishes some no-frills grilled fare and excellent Mexican in an old house in Soledad.
The staircase is crooked. The paint is chipped. The chairs on the porch are mismatched, the Astroturf underneath fraying, the napkins paper and the vinyl on the chairs blistered and peeling. But make no mistake: ...
Who Jew?
Jewish Film Fest in Carmel reveals comedy, despair in Jewish life, and provides solid schooling on Hava Nagila.
Whether or not you’ve ever been hoisted high in a chair, by four somewhat inebriated men, to the tune of “Hava Nagila,” you’ve at least observed a boisterous dance to the tune at a wedding ...
Oz the Great and Powerful
Which Witch?: Oz redux puts beautiful actors in beyond-bland story.
What I keep hearing in my head is: Escape from Oz. I had no trouble keeping the title straight before I saw the film. But apparently the mere act of watching – and it was ...
Yes They Can
More than 40 years after forming, prog rockers Yes remain in a constant state of flux.
Meet progressive rock, psychedelic rock’s stepson. The subgenre was born in the ’60s as the British attempted to bring more artistic credibility to rock and roll using influences like chamber and classical music, new instrumental ...
Frazier Game
Singer-songwriter Casey Frazier knocks out grandiose Americana beyond his years.
After performing at the Sundance Film Festival last month, Casey Frazier was invited to play a private Oscars party. There he made fans out of Hollywood players like Matt Nolan, co-star of the Academy Award-winning ...
Roving Toward the Future
MPC students build robots – and business experience – with new nonprofit.
College students leave school equipped in academia, but in this tough economy, can they prove they’re ready to work? It’s one issue the Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center at Monterey Peninsula College wants to ...
Under Covered
County launches temporary bridge to Obamacare, but covers fewer than hoped.
When Vivienne Moore was passing painful gallstones, doctors at Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula advised her to spend the night for observation. But Moore declined because she couldn’t afford an overnight hospital stay. “I ...
Pajaro park funding survives demise of redevelopment, county prepares to break ground.
Before Gov. Jerry Brown set redevelopment agencies in his budget crosshairs, the Monterey County Redevelopment Agency had pledged $1.2 million to an effort to build a 5-acre park in Pajaro. That money survived the state ...
Sun Harvest
Major solar farm proposed for southeast county ag land.
The eastern rim of the Chalome Valley may be more familiar to cattle than to humans. The flat expanse of dry grassland – right at the desolate nexus of Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Kings and ...
The majority of undocumented immigrants obey laws and work hard. Let’s keep them.
Immigration reform returned to center stage in Washington of late with a proposal from a bipartisan group of senators that was promptly endorsed in principle by President Barack Obama. One of the linchpins of the ...
Public Citizen 03.07.13
ONGOING CELEBRATING SERVICE | COUNTYWIDE – Nominate those who make a positive impact on education, health, culture or the environment through their service to United Way’s annual Community Service Awards. March 12 deadline. $30-40 nomination ...
Monterey City Council’s lesson in the political pull of money.
Much like the cultural anthropologist who spoke at the beginning of the nearly four-hour Monterey City Council meeting March 5 – and said she had studied the ways of consumer spending – I have studied ...
18,900: Monterey County children previously enrolled in the Healthy Families program who were moved to Medi-Cal, paying lower provider rates.
GRAPE CRUSH… Squid meets Squid’s fair share of gadflies, wonks and scary people, and has honed a pretty good radar for wackos. But the Squiddy Sense went out the window when winemaker Dan Tudor, who ...
Street Talk 02.21.13 (Asked @ Stone Creek Kitchen.)
If you were leaving Earth what would you bring?
Follow-up: What would you like to tell future generations? KATHYLEEN RICE | Educator | Carmel A: I would bring old pictures of my family just in case there is other life out there. [And] my ...
Soledad Frontier
Of Pinnacles National Park wonders and Watering Trough natural beauty.
It must be the Coalinga in my blood, but there’s something about a place like the Watering Trough (678-1726) in a town like Soledad that speaks to a soul like mine. It’s got everything you ...
Lore
Children of War: Lore tells the tale of a fallen Nazi’s children, and their secret journey to find a home.
If she keeps making films like the German-language Lore, director Cate Shortland (Somersault, starring Abbie Cornish), should be remembered quite well in the emotional-portrait filmmaking world. In her sophomore effort, Shortland brings the story to ...
