Thursday, March 27
Local cities contemplate how to choose a police chief.
What happens to police morale when rank and file officers see the plum job of chief given to a newcomer? That's the issue several local police departments are exploring as they go about filling their ...
Genetically engineered cotton seemed like a good way to reduce pesticides, but Monsanto's Bt cotton has raised more questions than answers.
It was the talk of the cotton belt last year, a hype that blew like a lush wind from Arizona to North Carolina. After a decade of high-priced research, Monsanto Company was finally coming to ...
Cannery Row development draws fire.
While a contingent of residents rail against a proposed mixed commercial/residential complex on Cannery Row, some city officials hesitate to condemn a project that is, in effect, exactly what they asked for. This issue of ...
Incubator program promises to grow new businesses.
The city of Marina is currently raising funds for a proposed small business incubator program that will provide buildings, equipment and training in how to run a small business, in hopes of stimulating economic growth ...
Thursday, March 20
Opposition to Steinbeck Center design may indicate a need for better PR.
The current brouhaha that has erupted over the design plans for the 36,800 square-foot National Steinbeck Center has also prompted questions about whether the nonprofit Center has done all it could to generate public support ...
Theater offers films to forgotten viewers.
The cultural community of Monterey County is receiving an entertainment boost from local resident Sunjeev Pahalad. Pahalad, who lives in Seaside, is bringing Hindu films from the Indian Film Industry to the Fox Theater in ...
Seaside employees tell City Manager Tom Brown they've lost confidence in him.
The latest development in the ongoing struggle between Seaside City management and personnel has the four city employees' unions unanimously telling the city council that they no longer have faith in Tim Brown to solve ...
PG parents, educators say school board isn't listening.
The issues of elementary school class size and reconfiguration, and a perception by both parents and educators that the Pacific Grove Unified School District board isn't listening to their concerns are fueling an attempt to ...
Project Censored, a national media research effort now in its 21st year, locates stories about significant issues under-reported in the mainstream media.
The media watch group is based at Cal State University, Sonoma and encompasses more than 125 faculty, student and community experts. In their opinion, these are the top-10 under-reported stories of 1996. This issue of ...
Thursday, March 13
Will a smaller Marina Dunes Resort satisfy Coastal Commission requirements?
Last December, the California Coastal Commission told King Ventures of San Luis Obispo that the 183 room hotel/conference center it planned to build on Dunes Drive in Marina was too big. King Ventures is back ...
New Salinas checkpoint worries civil libertarians.
A new checkpoint program designed to catch drivers with suspended licences has raised the ire of local civil libertarians who decry the move as another example of eroding civil rights. This issue of the Weekly ...
Chemical find once again raises clean-up issues at Fort Ord.
Two military training kits containing chemical weapons materials were discovered at Fort Ord on Monday, raising concerns that additional chemical agents may be buried at the former Army base on property slated for eventual transfer ...
Amidst an atmosphere of greater restriction, local teens look for something to do.
Last ninth, the popular Bay Books on Alvarado Street in Monterey exercise its right to refuse cafe service to a select group of young people who had commandeered the outdoor seating area as their new ...
Thursday, March 6
Underwater Park debate focuses on "no take" rules.
Plans for an underwater park in Monterey and Pacific Grove have stirred up a debate over the necessity of prohibiting fishing, and scientific and educational collecting in order to preserve marine life populations. This issue ...
Gloria Perales says she was told to offer farmworkers sex for UFW membership.
Ever since Anita Hill got up on national television and testified against then Supreme Court Justice nominee Clarence Thomas, the issue of sexual harassment has loomed as the workplace hazard of the '90s. It's almost ...
Plans for a Seaside arts district have languished for more than a year, but there may be hope for the future.
Although enthusiasm for an arts district in the city of Seaside is all but extinguished, sparks linger. Although proposals have languished for more than a year, artists, politicians and bureaucrats agree, in principal, that more ...
Burger King flap raises concerns about downtown's character.
In a coastal town that aims to keep its downtown quaint and attractive to tourists and residents alike, there are people who live and work in Monterey who agree that a big corporation like Burger ...
