Thursday, March 25
All is quiet in MoCo, but in other parts of the country, the abortion controversy turns deadly.
Dr. David Gunn grinned across the parking lot at the Reverend John Burt, who was leading a small pro-life picket at the Pensacola Ladies Clinic in Florida. This issue of the Weekly was published in ...
Violence against women in Monterey County is the focus of an upcoming rally.
Look at the second hand ticking on a clock, and remember this: According to FBI statistics, one women is battered every 20 seconds, another is raped every six minutes, and yet another is murdered every ...
Thursday, March 18
Can a public/private partnership keep Natividad healthy?
Welcome to Natividad Medical Center in Salinas, a 211-bed full-service acute care county hospital where... This issue of the Weekly was published in print only and has not been digitally uploaded. To read the hard ...
Just when it looked like DLI's number was up, the institute was saved from closure. But for how long?
The most compelling arguement the city made is that it would cost more to move DLI than to keep it right where it is. The Defense Department's primary mission in closing bases is to save ...
A high-tech approach to efficient water use.
Mention the word "laser" and people imagine science fiction or medical technology. But in the Salinas Valley, "laser" means more efficient water use and improved farming. This issue of the Weekly was published in print ...
Thursday, March 11
Two military families talk about what they will leave behind in Monterey County.
For the past year and a half there's hardly been a discussion anywhere on the Monterey Peninsula that hasn't included speculation about how the closure of Fort Ord will affect the area. This issue of ...
A local base reuse plan is nearly complete, despite conflicting interests and some ominous warnings.
If you think of it as a nasty inheritance fight among six relatives, all estranged, the political wrangling over the reuse of Fort Ord becomes understandable--a natural by-product of what happens when tens of thousands ...
The old Spreckles sugar mill harkens back to when sugar was king in MoCo.
There was a time around here when the Top Cash Crops list was very limited. To one item: wheat. Year after year, with numbing regularity. This issue of the Weekly was published in print only ...
Live and recorded music, even in the waiting room or on the phone, is "subject to licensing fees."
You can have a song in your heart, but if you don't own the rights, don't broadcast it--unless you've got plenty of dough in your wallet. This issue of the Weekly was published in print ...
Thursday, March 4
Line Dance
Well, it's hardly that simple. Line Dancing, that highly-stylized and tightly structured varient of bucolic bop that is spear-heading the increasingly popular Country-Western dance scene, is not only apparently here to stay...it's damn tough to ...
Rosie Murillo, one of the county's Outstanding Women, takes family issues to heart.
Rosie Murillo is on a journey, a journey that many women find themselves taking, a journey toward independence and self-sufficiency. And she's not going alone. She's taking as many women along with her as she ...
Salinas Valley growers worry about the produce industry after NAFTA.
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) may work out to be a blow or a blessing to local agriculture--depending on who's speaking and what industry they represent. This issue of the Weekly was published ...
