Thursday, April 25
In Search of Treasure
What do you do when the rent is overdue, your paycheck is two weeks away and the kids are clamoring for more, more, more? Simple. Stuff reality into a corner and set out in search ...
A Real Mess
Driving along Highway 1, daydreaming about the closure of Fort Ord, one has to think about that stretch of ocean front property west of the highway that could be open to the public if the ...
Thursday, April 18
City-by-City Survey
In California, we throw away more garbage of any other state, about seven pounds of trash per person per day. Compare that to next-in-line New York's rate of five pounds per person per day, and ...
From Sugar to Showplace
Shelly Strandberg has a dream. Rising out of the quake-ravaged timbers of the old Spreckels sugar refinery, she sees a vision of grandeur: a 6,000-seat performing arts center, a food bazaar featuring local wins and ...
Thursday, April 11
Pressing Banks to Do More
What if banks had to invest in affordable housing? What if they had to find ways to lend money in poor neighborhoods? What if they ahdt o solicit advice from blacks, the elderly, Hispanics, homeless ...
Abortion Under Fire
On April 28, a new law goes into effect in Utah. According to its provisions, women who have unlawful abortions could face the death penalty. In Utah, that means a firing squad. This issue of ...
Thursday, April 4
Is Monterey County Bicycle-Friendly?
We have the weather: year-round sun without the blistering heat and humidity of the east coast or the crippling winters of the Mideast. We have the terrain: gentle, rolling hills and unbeatable coastal roads. This ...
Tourism Task Force
If someone can break the myth that tourism is chained to the Monterey Peninsula, that person will have done the whole county and all those tourists a great service. This issue of the Weekly was ...
