Thursday, September 26
Oldtown business owners say the places that don't make it aren't anything to worry about.
The closings of the two restaurants along Main Street in Oldtown Salinas in the last year were more the product of bad management decisions than a reflection of the general business climate in the area, ...
A new community assessment project paints an unsettling picture of Latino life in Monterey County.
This week, a consortium of local health care providers, government officials and other community leaders are unveiling the results of the TELLUS project, the most comprehensive community assessment ever undertaken in Monterey County. This issue ...
RSC opponents face an uphill battle
"David and Goliath" campaign is how one opponent of the 20,000 acre Rancho San Carlos (RSC) development project characterizes the upcoming battle over the Measure M initiative. This issue of the Weekly was published in ...
Marina candidates say their cit is on the verge of a new image.
More than any other city on the Peninsula, Marina is finally in a place where it can become something. With the recent acquisition of land and homes on the former Fort Ord, an up and ...
Thursday, September 19
Army draws fire for advisory board relations.
No one ever accused the military of having great public relations skills, but what several current and former members of the Fort Ord Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) do not claim is that the Army and ...
Politics are quit on in Butterfly Town. Maybe too quiet.
From about 1988 to 1994, Pacific Grove was one of MoCo's political hot spots. Neutrally venturing into the PG political realm was like walking between trenches dug by the so-called business interests and the so-called ...
The East Garrison can be a model of adaptive reuse--it's all a matter of compromise.
Ever heard of the Gigling Reservation? I hadn't. It was enormous. A 15,809 acre purchase of local land. Curiously, although the year was 1917, the reservation was named after a German immigrant family that had ...
Your government officials went to Sacramento, San Diego and Washington, DC--on you.
Ahh, summertime, time to travel, to escape from the 9-to-5 grind, the phones and the headache. Alas, like all enjoyable things, summertime must com to an end, but that doesn't mean the end of travel--at ...
Thursday, September 12
Two developments test existing zoning and review process.
Even as Monterey County voters go to the polls this fall to consider an initiative limiting the growth of urban development in the county, the real test of how existing zoning policies work may be ...
Locals join California consumers and doctors send a message about what's wrong with health care.
In theory it sounded ideal: cut skyrocketing medical costs by limiting how much doctors and hospitals can spend. But the reality of "managed care," where medicine is measured against the bottom line, has resulted in ...
Will a Democratic majority spell a Keeley victory in the 27th Assembly District?
The odds of a Republican victory in the overwhelmingly Democratic 27th Assembly District are already pretty slim, but as a little-known newcomer up against well-known veteran Democrat Fred Keeley, most observers say Monterey County Deputy ...
Thursday, September 5
New beer would allow higher-alcohol beer.
Gov. Pete Wilson may redefine the word "beer" in the state of California and, while locals concerned about alcohol consumption are unhappy about that move, local brewers hail it as a victory for truth in ...
Former six-term mayor Lance McClair is one of four contenders for Seaside's top office.
There is an intangible but decidedly Nixonian quality to Lance McClair and his comeback candidacy for Seaside mayor. During a recent open house at his campaign headquarters a stone's throw away from the intersection of ...
Fall Arts 1996
Monterey County just looks tranquil and peaceful. Beneath this laid-back veneer there is a constant bustle of activities ranging from food festivals to movie openings. This issue of the Weekly was published in print only ...
