Wednesday, November 26
As the new millenium approaches, the time for healing and unity has come.
Across America this Thursday, a colorful tapestry of diverse cultures, religions and languages celebrate our annual holiday of giving thanks. We enjoy great food, family reunions and football games... This issue of the Weekly was ...
Seventeen days, sixteen short stories.
Last summer, we spent 17 days traveling in a single-engine plane from Monterey to Montreal and back; a trip that yielded 16 take-offs, 16 landings and 16 short stories. We skimmed the country, it's true, ...
AAUW finds more needs to be done to train local vocational students.
Three years ago, the American Association of University Women (AAUW) Monterey branch set out to research the needs of high school students electing not to continue thier educations at a four-year college or university... This ...
Thursday, November 20
Ed Leeper's work is evocative, but is it art?
Perched on a ridge between Palo Colorado and Garrapata canyons, about 2,000 feet above the Pacific, is a one-acre patch that is as close to Paradise as it is to the sky. This mountain top ...
MPC Nautical Science Department faces financial headwind.
After having the wind knocked out of their sails this fall, Monterey Peninsula College nautical science instructors are pessimistic about the expected rejuvenation of the school's nautical science program next semester... This issue of the ...
Net hotline formed to bring kids in need into loving homes.
We had to do something different. The way we were going was not meeting our needs. There were too many children and not enough homes. That's when we decided to bring everyone to the table...
Monterey resident says trash company is mixing garbage.
A Monterey county city resident has accused the company charged with picking up the city's garbage of mixing yard waste and household refuse--a faux pas she says is especially aggravating in light of the company's ...
Domestic partner benefits slow in coming to MoCo
A year after the city of San Francisco boldly upped the ante toward the recognition of nontraditional families by demanding companies contracting with the citty offer domestic partner benefits, the rules of health care coverage ...
Encounters between humans and animals are magical, mystical and fraught with potential problems.
It was her eyes, those big dark eyes. She moved swiftly, those eyes fixed and betraying nothing. I expected she would pass by like so many of the others, but she was different, she wanted ...
Coast Weekly's must-read books of the past few decades
If you're like us, you can sympathize with that T-shirt "So Many Books, So Little Time." With all the books coming off the presses every month, it's difficult to decide which ones to pick up ...
Clean Up This Mess!
In what could be a last-ditch effort to clean up some of the junkyards in Moss Landing, the county planning commission this week voted unanimously to give Dolan Development Partners-owners of five parcels of land ...
Hicks' Tricks
Reports that Monterey County Sheriff's Department undercover officers used at least one licensed area physician to help in last month's raid to bust up the Medical Marijuana Care Center in Monterey contradict earlier published statements ...
Thursday, November 13
Squid Fry
Where Credit is Due At a recent conference for the league of California Cities, Monterey Planning Commission Chair Molly Erikson was unanimously elected president of the League's Planning and Community Development Department... But wait, Squid ...
A For Effort?
The long-awaited results from a recent assessment of Seaside city government offer a decidedly mixed verdict. Seaside government is getting better, the report says, but the price of improvement has been high. According to a ...
Just say no to an extended deadline on banning methyl bromide.
The use of methyl bromide has gone on long enough. Its tyranny affects all of us, our school children, teachers, neighborhoods beings sprayed with it and, equally as important, the ozone layer... This issue of ...
Local kids have open access to library internet materials.
Debate about children's access to Internet porn in public libraries is the stuff of late meetings, sweaty palms and impassioned First Amendment ideology.,, This issue of the Weekly was published in print only and has ...
Bay Net docent program moves south to guard elephant seals.
The abuse comes mostly from ignorance. People simply want to walk among the elephant seals lazing on the beach. Or they just want a quick of Junior sitting on one of those magnificent beasts... This ...
Come Rain or Come Shine
Monterey Peninsula Water Management District (MPWMD) Chairperson Dick Ely will ask his fellow board members at the board’s Nov. 17 meeting to consider imposing a moratorium on new water connections. In addition, Ely will ask ...
Can the Monterey County singles scene possibly be as bad as everybody says?
A man excuses himself from the table. He says he will be right back, but disappears, leaving his date for the evening stuck with the check and without a way home... This issue of the ...
Thursday, November 6
Will improvement's at Sears Point pull fans away from Laguna Seca?
A $30 million improvement job slated for the Sears Point Raceway in Sonoma County probably won't affect business at Monterey's Laguna Seca. That is, unless Sears Point adds an oval track--something that Laguna Seca doesn't ...
Child care conferees say there's a drastic need for quality child care locally.
The child care industry in Monterey County will double its need for more spaces in the next five years-- and the county currently doesn't have the facilities to meet the demand... This issue of the ...
The Sierra Club's young president Adam Werbach heralds a new charge for environmentalists.
"I wish I could mint time," Adam Werbach mumbles as we nearly trot from the Sierra Club national offices in downtown San Francisco to Yerba Buena Gardens... This issue of the Weekly was published in ...
Monterey County should look to other cooperative models on the medical marijuana issue.
I'm sure everyone in Monterey County feels safer following the raid and closure of the Medical Marijuana Care Center. Fortunately, Sheriff Norman Hicks and his law enforcement cronies who participated in the raid aren't applying ...
Ventana Chapter of the Sierra CLub keeps a steady course.
There's a quiet dignity to the local Ventana chapter of the Sierra Club that contrasts sharply with the youthful bustle exuding from the national organizations San Francisco headquarters. This issue of the Weekly was published ...
And So It Begins
Monterey County Recycling Coordinator Kurt Hunter announced this week that he was stepping down from his current position to challenge incumbent Judy Pennycook in next June's election for the district two supervisors seat. This issue ...
Squid Fry
Well, They're Only Temps... Squid salutes management at CTB-McGraw Hill for saving money even during a crisis. An employee told Squid that in response to two bomb threats called in to the company last week, ...
Expedition aims to travers the world--using pedals.
Once upon a time, Steve Smith was a British research scientist chained to a desk in Paris, but was becoming increasingly dissatisfied with life. Something was missing, and he wanted more... This issue of the ...
Monterey County pushes the delay that could kill the Nacimiento Water Project.
Monterey County has pushed for and won a delay in San Luis Obispo County's Nacimiento Water Project (NWP), a delay that project opponent feels has the potential to kill the project... This issue of the ...
