Thursday, August 31
Bill of Fare
If you're planning on catching Bill Clinton when he sweeps through town on Labor Day, it won't be as simple as grabbing the kids and the cooler and heading on out to the new Cal ...
On the eve of election '96, Clinton's visit to the Monterey Bay area raises new questions about whether the president can win California.
Lulled by these last lazy days of summer, most of us haven't through even as far ahead as Thanksgiving or the Christmas holidays. But the minds of political professionals are already focused like lasers on ...
$67 million plan battles seawater intrusion.
By now, the statistics on the publicly funded Castroville Irrigation Project seem familiar. To the tune of $67 million, it will be among the largest wastewater irrigation projects in the country, eventually providing 30,000 acre-feet ...
Environmentalists charge politics in the elimination of Carmel River alternative.
When the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) handed down its June 22 draft order requiring the California-American Water Co. (Cal-Am) to reduce its "unlawful" diversion of water from the Carmel River, the decision was ...
Thursday, August 24
CSUMB expects students to help create the new university--and pay for it, too.
The naked truth about California State University Monterey Bay--the newest CSU slated to open Monday amidst fanfare heralding it as the brave, new future of 21st century education--is that the campus is darn ugly. This ...
Class of 2000
You're working hard--maybe at one or even two jobs in an effort to get a higher education. Maybe you're new in town--one of the 900 students at the brand-new Cal State University Monterey Bay. This ...
Unique program brings worker safety to the fields.
Every morning for the past year, farm workers at Stephen Wyrick Farms have begun their workdays not by harvesting produce, but by stretching. This issue of the Weekly was published in print only and has ...
Thursday, August 17
New MoCo fair director faces challenge of turning around downslides in attendance, profits.
For earlier generations of Monterey area residents, the county fair was the great communal crossroads where distant neighbors met to celebrate the bounty of the land. This issue of the Weekly was published in print ...
Column Bagged
Joe Fitzpatrick, a 29-year veteran of The Herald whose "My Bag" column looked at Monterey County with folksy humor, tendered his resignation earlier this month in the wake of what he says was a practice ...
Methyl bromide ban could be extended.
In Washington, Assistant Majority Whip Dan Miller R-Fla, has proposed legislation which, if passed, could give Monterey County's $150 million strawberry industry an indefinite extension on the 2001 phase-out date for its use of methyl ...
The Concours weekend gives us a chance to celebrate automobiles from humble to haughty.
For those of us who are long-time initiates into the arcana of auto worship, this weekend's series of automotive events is nothing less than a summoning of the faithful to Mecca. As a marvel of ...
Thursday, August 10
Conservation's major role in curbing seawater intrusion in the Salinas Valley.
By pumping 20,000 acre-feet of treated waste water to the fields of North County, the $76 million, publicly funded wastewater treatment and pumping project breaking ground this September in Marina will only slow--not halt--seawater intrusion ...
Leaving a Legacy
The death of activist Jesse Sanchez whose efforts helped lead to the creation of district elections in the city of Salinas and the county's supervisorial and judicial races, leaves big shoes to fill. This issue ...
The county's youngest students easily embrace a world of computers.
Remember when a "mouse" was a small furry animal? Or when a "window" was something to gaze through to see the playground? When "cut-and-paste" meant scissors and glue? Old words and phrases have new meanings ...
Is CSUMB's computer policy good for students?
Gone are the days when your basic school supplies included a pencil box, a typewriter and a pile of paper. Today's successful scholar needs gadgets and gizmos more along the lines of laptop computers, e-mail ...
Pacific Union School District offers plenty of dollars & attention to local kids.
In most parts of California, too many kids cram into too few classrooms with too few teachers and not enough gun control. But one small school district in a corner of Monterey County is keeping ...
Thursday, August 3
Critic says county official holds conflicting jobs.
An area ambulance provider who says a county official may be incompatibly occupying two positions--one in conflict with the other--is filing a complaint with the attorney general's office to oust the alleged double dipper. This ...
GNK Ranch produces a new cash crop.
Some retirees tour the vast expanses of North America in Winnebagos. Other catch up on their reading or perfect their golf swing. Gerd Konieczny took a different route. After 26 years as an officer with ...
For two generations we've lived in the shadow of Armageddon. Has the price been worth the pain?
On August 5, 1945, a lone B-29 airplane destroyed 60 percent of Hiroshima with a single atomic bomb, killing nearly 100,000 Japanese civilians. Fifty years later, the US remains the only nation to have ever ...
Finding a place for aging parents can be heart-wrenching, but it doesn't have to be hopeless.
"My mother had dementia from stroke damage," says Ruta Casablanca, who on year ago made the difficult decision to put her 79-year-old mother, Sophie Lototzky, into a residential care facility for the elderly. This issue ...
