Thursday, January 27

Waiting for the Big One

How quake prepared is Monterey County?

In the aftermath of the Los Angeles earthquake, waves of concern have shaken public confidence over bridge and freeway safety. This issue of the Weekly was published in print only and has not been digitally ...

Trouble at the Helm

Seaside's mayor and city manager are at the center of a crisis at city hall.

For more than five months, scandals have rocked and buffeted Seaside City Hall, a place, say insiders and observers, where power politics run rampant and employees who speak out against abuses of power can find ...

Thursday, January 20

Sex & Lies on Videotape

Massage parlor operators respond to pressure mounting from the Monterey police.

"It was beyond my wildest dreams he was a cop," says Natasha, remembering the night she was busted for prostitution at a hotel in Monterey." And I didn't notice anything suspicious about the room. I ...

Search and Seizure

Salinas school searches raises questions about civil rights.

Thinking of bringing a weapon to school this year? You'd better think twice. That's the message Salinas Union High School District is broadcasting this winter. This issue of the Weekly was published in print only ...

Thursday, January 13

To Hell and Back

Harold Gordon wrote about the death camps to remember and forget.

Imagine a world where the government walls off your neighborhood and travel to the outside isn't allowed, a world where men in uniforms are free to call families out of their homes in their nightclothes ...

Under Fire

Seaside's attorney ousted in what supporters say is the latest retaliatory move.

Seaside City Attorney Elaine Cass, an 11-year veteran employee who has lost just one case in her tenure with Seaside, was placed on paid administrative leave this week in what supporters are calling a retaliatory ...

Thursday, January 6

See 'Em at the Museum?

Golf museum could mean big bucks for Monterey.

Sometime this month, the United States Golf Association (USGA) will decide whether to relocate its museum--believed to be the largest repository of golf memorabilia and golf books in the world--from its current location in a ...

Local Heroes '94

CW salutes five men and women for their efforts to better the community.

When Danny Villegas was a young gangster he wasn't very different from hundreds of other kids growing up in the Alisal... This issue of the Weekly was published in print only and has not been ...

News Briefs: Stopping the Violence

Stopping the Violence

The city of Salinas ended the year with 15 homicides, eight of which were gang-related, according to figures kept by the Salinas Police Department. This issue of the Weekly was published in print only and ...