Thursday, May 27

Fun For All!

CW's editors get a head start on the summer season.

For swimmers, the desire may be life-long: to plunge down to ocean depths beyond the limites of their lungs and reach the elusive treasures waiting at the bottom of the sea. Scuba, or Self Contained ...

Playing For Keeps

Seaside voters consider card room gambling.

Seaside City Manager Charles McNeely looks at the 57,000 square-foot entertainment center that would be permitted with the passage of Measure D and sees at least $1 million in revenues for the city and 450 ...

Thursday, May 20

The Final Bite

Sharks, one of the world's oldest species, face extinction.

One day last January, as millions of Americans were glued to their TV's watching the Super Bowl, I tuned in to another group of dangerous predators swimming around on the Discovery Channel. This issue of ...

Pesticide Surprise

DDT in Moss Landing could bankrupt the harbor district.

The discovery of DDT and two paint-based toxins in soil at the bottom of Moss Landing Harbor is waylaying dredging plans by the Army Corps of Engineers and worrying harbor administrators, who may end up ...

Takin' It to the Streets

Concerns about crime have prompted grassroots campaigns for Salinas City Council and mayor.

For Salinas activist and city council candidate Gloria Reyes, there have been two moments of truth. The first moment came in late November when Reyes found a bullet lodged in the door of her Hebbron ...

In Transition

MCAP struggles to do AIDS outreach in the gay community.

Everyone agrees the statistics are abysmal. While 67 percent of people with AIDS in Monterey County are gay or bisexual men, just 1.3 percent of the more than 16,000 people reached by Monterey County AIDS ...

Thursday, May 13

Brace for the Race

Top contenders vie for 17th District vote.

Compared to the 25-candidate special election held last month, the race to replace Congressman Leon Panetta has moved from wild to mild. But the two major contenders who will face each other in the June ...

Coffeehouse Culture

Coffeehouse Culture

The coffeehouse is back! While today's java joints are distinctly different from their predecessors of the '60s, they continue the centuries-old tradition of communal gathering spots. This issue of the Weekly was published in print ...

Waiting for Clearance

Marina citizens question city's plan to run Fritzsche Field.

A plan to have the City of Marina acquire Fritzsche Field and run it as an enhanced general aviation airport for small planes has some citizens in Marina reaching for their airsickness bags. This issue ...

Thursday, May 6

What's With Women?

What's With Women? '93

For the second year in a row, CW surveyed women readers on ten issues to find out what's with women. Readers faxed, mailed and hand-delivered their responses. As diverse as opinions were, women agreed on ...

Running Out?

Black Women's Alcohol Services lives on borrowed time.

The future of a six-year-old program designed to treat black women in Seaside for alcohol addiction is now jeopardized in the wake of questions raised by the county about the efficacy and administration of the ...