Thursday, July 30
Despite doubters and detractors, Christian music is the fastest-growing segment of the music industry.
Christian music in the ''90s has become big business. While everyone else has been struggling with falling record sales and depressed financial status, the Christian music industry grew 33 percent in 1997, making it the ...
Love, Love, Love--John Pertle, aka Johnny Love, specializes in songs of the heart.
When John Pertle was 12 years old, he began writing songs. Since then, the 29-year-old guitarist/vocalist has amassed about 1,000 originals, mostly about love, he says. Evidently that''s why he has taken the stage name ...
Local educators try to implement Prop. 227.
While lawyers appeal the recent ruling by a federal judge declaring the elimination of bilingual education to be constitutional, educators in Monterey County are trying to sift through the sparse--and many say, still vague--emergency guidelines ...
Jesus as a Role Model--Divine Guidance
A growing number of folks are wearing bracelets that ask, "What would Jesus do?" We asked Monterey County residents what role Jesus plays in their lives, and what Jesus would think of religion and social ...
Let's put to rest arguments about a new dam on the Peninsula once and for all.
The attitude of some elected officials--that voters elected as representatives to make decisions for them--is misguided. Water customers have an excellent opportunity to settle the water supply problem once and for all! Assemblyman Fred Keeley ...
Letters
Simplistic, But Thoughtful First, I would like to commend Mr. Dickinson for his, in part, thoughtful and emphatic Public Forum in support of the arts in our community and beyond, nationally and globally >(CW July ...
Big MAC Attack
Can you smell it? Take a big whiff. There, smell it...stinks, huh? And it gets stronger the closer you get to Pacific Street in Monterey. Nope, it''s not a broken sewer line in front of ...
A Pacific Grove ballet school battles financial problems, rumors and a troubled past to bring Russian dance technique to the Peninsula.
The International Ballet Academy Monterey Bay opened with great fanfare in Pacific Grove in June 1997. Headed by Russian immigrant Alexei Badrak, formerly with the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, the new dance school aimed high, ...
Dwindling Bach--Bach takes a backseat during his namesake festival in Carmel.
At Bruno Weil''s Carmel Bach Festival this summer, namesake JS Bach has subsided into a minority figure. Johann Sebastian carries only two of the seven major subscription programs, and holds a position in only one ...
Spirit West Coast highlights the popularity of Christian music locally and nationally.
This weekend will offer tangible evidence of Christian music''s rising popularity when an expected 25,000 people descend on Laguna Seca for the Spirit West Coast music festival. In just its second year, the festival is ...
Salinas performance group builds confidence and pride through music.
At an evening rehearsal, half a dozen students gather eagerly around the table in St. Mary''s Elementary School in East Salinas, intent on deciphering the music of a popular Mexican band, Man . Their teacher ...
La Gondola Ristorante
Corks were popping and heads were turning at the flashy grand opening last month of La Gondola Ristorante, located in the romantically refurbished site of the former Bradley's Tavern and Grill. With a guest list ...
Andy Lakey's angel paintings offer visual and tactile access to another world.
Some 10 years ago, Andy Lakey walked into his boss'' office and told him that he would no longer be selling cars. With no prior art training or experience, Lakey was giving up his job ...
Development practices may be contributing to erosion problems.
The bad news is the next rainy season is just over three months away. The good news is meteorologists are forecasting a drier-than-normal season. And nowhere is the prospect of another wet winter of greater ...
A cryptic four-letter code showing up on bracelets, T-shirts and coffee mugs asks "What would Jesus do?"
You can find Jesus pretty easily these days. He''s hanging from a giant accessory rack at Claire''s Jewelry Store on the edge of the Del Monte Shopping Center, between the hemp jewelry and cash register. ...
Carmel Bach Festival Calendar
(Sunset Center, San Carlos Street & 9th Avenue, Carmel, except as noted) 624-2046. Thursday 2:30pm "Celestial" music for soprano, trumpet, organ. Carmel Mission Basilica, Rio Road and Lasuen Drive, Carmel. $10. 7:30pm. Carl Christensen conducts ...
Author Sean Stewart mixes fantasy with social issues to create stories that are serious fun.
Sean Stewart, whose writing has most often been classified as science fiction, frequently mixes elements of fantasy with social or psychological issues. His first two novels, Passion Play and Nobody''s Son, won Canada''s top award ...
Kid Picks
Wild Animals, Wild Time! Wild animals (courtesy of Oxton Kennels and Wild Things), balloon sculptures, Aztec dancers, face-painting, game booths and more are all part of the fun for parents and kids of all ages ...
Short and Sweet--You have to keep your party duds handy when there's this much good music.
I was going to take the week off, but there''s just too much good stuff to ignore. So I''ll just settle for being short and (maybe) sweet. Red Archibald and the Internationals headline the Sunday ...
Steven Spielberg proves again why he's one of the most respected filmmakers alive.
Weeks before its release, Saving Private Ryan had already been tagged as "the best film about war ever made." Short on romanticized images of death and long on horror, the film is inarguably one of ...
Getting Lucky
Here''s a culinary tip: Invitations that involve eating and ''luck'' should be accepted with a degree of caution. This potluck knowledge has been gleaned from too many backyard parties and church get-togethers where ''mock'' items, ...
Thursday, July 23
Charis Wilson sheds light on her life with photographer Edward Weston.
She was his model, muse, wife and lover. In a rare public appearance, Charis Wilson will share her memories of her 11-year relationship with one of the pioneers of modern photography, Edward Weston, at a ...
Violent crime is down, but incarceration numbers are up. What happens when our prisons are full in 2000?
Maximum security Salinas Valley State Prison opened in May of 1996, designed to house 2,224 inmates, mostly lifers and other serious offenders. Within seven months, it was crammed with 4,225 prisoners. Two inmates are being ...
The second Carmel Performing Arts Festival is leaner, more accessible.
This year''s second annual Carmel Performing Arts Festival, set for Oct. 2-18, is a leaner, more carefully pruned version of last year''s first-time endeavor. First of all, there are fewer shows. Festival producer Robin McKee ...
Hot Americana, Cool Gospel--KPIG Fat Fry; gospel concert to benefit Christina Williams.
Pray for early-morning low clouds and fog, burning off ''round about 11:00 in the morning, and sunshine-filled afternoons for the rest of the weekend. If we get weather like that, it''ll be perfect for the ...
Another link to the incarcerated.
"Inmates who don''t have contact with family for two years or more are lost," says Helen McCaig, a former college professor active in local jail ministry for almost 30 years. McCaig helps coordinate a ministry ...
Salad Days
Parked, though we may be, plop in the middle of the world''s biggest salad bowl, some of us can''t help but notice that the local climate has not been conducive to consuming its contents. While ...
Letters
What Was the Point? Just what was the point of the "bus culture" article in Coast Weekly (July 9) ? Those of us who ride the bus--whether poor or elderly, disabled, student, car-in-the-shop or don't ...
Seaside lags on arts district, but leaders insist art is on front burner.
As recently as 1995, Seaside was abuzz with excitement over the idea of creating an arts district. An advisory board was to be created to facilitate the process, city entrances and facades were to be ...
Ramble On--Check out hot rock at Whitey's, or head to the Jazz Festival in SF.
Strains of the Allman Brothers'' "Rambling Man" drift through the thought channels as I ponder what''s on tap for this coming week. Not much about the local scene has crossed my path, so it''s time ...
Many women prisoners don't get a visit from the outside.
In 1971, when a group of citizens formed a pilot program in Northern California and M-2 began matching prisoners with visitors, there were 23,000 inmates in state prisons, according to M-2 statistics. Now, the California ...
Crime Is Down, But Prison Population Is Up
* More than 5.5 million Americans are incarcerated, on probation or on parole--2.8 percent of all adult residents in the United States--our highest rate in history. * The overall crime rate in the US has ...
Something about Peter and Bobby Farrelly makes low-brow humor hilarious.
When directors Peter and Bobby Farrelly titled their first film Dumb & Dumber it was as if they issued themselves a comic challenge: Always aim for the next level--downward. And so far, with both their ...
Inaccurate, But Monterey Looks Great!
Filmmakers have frequently taken advantage of the Monterey Bay area''s natural beauty, picturesque ocean and Spanish history--but not necessarily with an eye to accuracy. A new film series starting at the Maritime Museum in Custom ...
Welfare moms are working--but their kids aren't getting licensed care.
If, as politicians are fond of saying, children are our most valuable national resource, why is there such a chronic shortage of day care providers? The bad news is, with welfare reform, the picture is ...
Sound Lessons--Bach Festival highlights deficiencies at Sunset Center.
Nothing in recent memory has exposed the acoustic deficiencies at Sunset Center theater more clearly than the first two concerts of this summer''s Carmel Bach Festival. On Saturday night, the festival chorale, deployed outside the ...
Hollywood composer/pianist Stef& %s;n Dickerson to record live CD at The Media Room.
This weekend offers an opportunity to catch a top Hollywood composer and pianist--and part-time Peninsula resident--at work. Stef n Dickerson, who mixes smooth jazz, pop and classical foundations with warm vocals, has been a shining ...
Prisons and Overcrowding
In the past seven years, the overall crime rate in the US has declined, with property crimes at an all-time low. But our prisons are still overcrowded. What''s behind prison overcrowding? Norma Bischoff Age: 33 ...
Hula's
Your appetite has set sail for the tropics, but you're still standing there on the dock. And it's late. And you''re hungry. And all you can think about is something really good to eat, maybe ...
(Sunset Center, San Carlos Street&9th Avenue, Carmel, except as noted) 624-2046.
Thursday 2:30pm. "Celestial" music for soprano, trumpet, organ. Carmel Mission Basilica, Rio Road&Lasuen Drive, Carmel. $10. 8pm. Violinist Elizabeth Wallfisch leads virtuoso concertos by Farina, Locatelli, Corelli, Stradella, Biber. $25, $30. Friday 2:30pm. Music from ...
Minimum Space, Maximum Limitations
There are two very different prisons in Soledad--one minimum security, one maximum; one old, one new--but they share the challenge presented to all prisons these days: trying to accommodate more inmates than their designs anticipated. ...
A satisfying popcorn movie, filled with swordplay, romance and revenge.
Theoretically, if you take into account some of Einstein''s more esoteric theorems (parallel universes and all that), the tale of Zorro has already been filmed several thousand times over. Or maybe it just seems that ...
A look at the women in California's prisons.
* There are 10,870 female inmates--seven percent of the total inmate population, * 80 percent are under 40 * 46 percent are African-American, 36 percent are Anglo, 14 percent are Latina, 4 percent are other ...
She killed a man, but she still needed someone to visit. That someone was me.
If you want to freeze a conversation midstream, simply say: "I visit prisoners." The other soul--still in motion from their innocent "what''s new?"--will stop to breathe. Pupils will dilate, hands fidget. They will gamely follow ...
I Thought It Was Oregano...
"Bob." "Yes, Yoko." "Honey, are you still planning to weed the backyard? Some of those really bushy, fragrant weeds are a few feet high now." "Sure, dear, whatever you say. I''ve just been really busy, ...
Thursday, July 16
Sunshine & Soul--From Seaside's Sunday Blues to an independently released CD, there's a lot of both to go around.
The sun finally came out last weekend, just in time for the kickoff installment of Seaside''s annual Sunday Blues in the Park series. I got there in time to catch most of Deanna Bogart''s set. ...
Monterey County's abundance of food from Central and South America makes its mark on regional cuisine.
When it comes to fast food, you''ll find the best alternative to burger-and-fries on the western side of the Continental Divide. In most parts of the other half of the country, most dine-and-dash denizens have ...
Pay to Play
Calling Dr. Choice, Stat! My doctor died last week, which was no huge surprise, given that he was 99 years old and had been chain smoking since he was old enough to light a cigarette. ...
MoCo Residents on Poetry
Poetry slam competitions are getting bigger and better. But, although the 1998 West Coast Regional Slam will be held on our own turf at Big Sur''s Henry Miller Memorial Library on Saturday, Monterey County residents ...
Park District chief leaves an activist legacy.
Twenty-five years ago, he was the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District''s first manager. As he prepares to retire, Gary Tate points to the district''s growth and takes obvious pride in what the district--and he--have accomplished. ...
It's wild, fast, irreverent and fun...just what you think of when you think "poetry."
It''s Jerry Seinfeld meets Henry Rollins meets Tonya Harding. From the bowels of the mid-''80s Chicago punk art scene to 60 cities across North America, the slam poetry movement has grabbed blue-stockinged Sir Poetry by ...
The older the score, the more difficult it is to discover the composer's intent. Just ask Bach Festival Choral Director Bruce Lamott.
The performance today of music composed in previous generations represents many acts. For most executants, it starts with score--the published version of a composer''s intentions. But scholarship during the past half century has shown, with ...
The festival's main events get all the glory, but there are plenty of smaller offerings worth seeing.
Looking for a good excuse to ditch work? In addition to the Bach Festival''s main events, there are several ancillary programs of exceptional promise, many during the day. In the Intermezzo Recital series (2:30pm at ...
Know Your Sardine
Out of an industry that once numbered 28 canneries, only one exists today. Monterey Fish Company in Sand City is the last of the line, with its brightly colored cans of Sardinaps sagax found under ...
There's more to Monterey County agriculture than lettuce, strawberries and artichokes.
Monterey County has some 320,000 acres under cultivation; acres that produce a harvest of about 40 vegetables, each with a cash value ranging from $1 million up to almost half a billion dollars. In addition ...
Mark Bava's sculpture offers reflections on the rat race.
Mark Bava''s work is unlike that of most Monterey-area artists. Instead of drawing inspiration from the region''s natural beauty, Bava''s work--at least the body of his work currently on display at the Sculpture House and ...
Warped, weird and violent: Joe Dante's latest offering isn't Toy Story 2.
It would be easy to reduce Small Soldiers to the story''s lowest common denominators and call it Toy Story meets Gremlins, but this is a Joe Dante film, and nothing''s ever that simple when it ...
Monterey's regional cuisine is defined by geographical blessings and cultural influences.
Any area''s regional cuisine is defined as much by the temperament of its climate as its people. The Central Coast of California is a uniquely endowed part of the world, spilling over with year-round harvests ...
Everyone who cooks it has their own version of how to make this classic California fish stew.
According to Tony and Fran DiGirolamo, cioppino got started up around the San Francisco Delta area. It started out on the houseboats up there, around the turn-of-the-century. There were lots of immigrants from Sicily, Spain, ...
Could Sand City link be the latest piece of a statewide Coastal Trail?
When Sand City dedicated its new coastal bicycle path a few weeks ago, it was another chapter in a dream come true for some-a recreational trail providing public access to the coast and spectacular views ...
Plaza Linda
When you think of Plaza Linda, it's probably the courtyard that first comes to mind. Or maybe you think of the sangria-roasted chicken, or Tijuana tacos or the suizas enchiladas. Whatever your memory, if it''s ...
Local playwright Rob Foster offers a promising play about life and love in the '90s. Now comes the hard part.
Up until the 1950s (or thereabouts), full-length plays of three hours'' duration were the norm. Often, these plays needed every minute of their stage time as they cut big swaths through social and political issues, ...
Carmel Valley Historical Society struggles to find permanent site for archive.
"Dedicated to the future of our past," is the motto of the Carmel Valley Historical Society, which since its founding in 1987 has assembled an invaluable treasure trove of artifacts, documents and memorabilia pertaining to ...
Main Events (Sunset Center, San Carlos & 9th, Carmel, except as noted) 624-2046.
Saturday 8pm. Bruno Weil conducts JS Bach''s cantatas O "ewiges Feuer," "Ich habe genug," "Vereinigte Zwietracht," Elgar''s Introduction & Allegro. Sunday 2pm. Bruno Weil conducts JS Bach''s Mass in B Minor. Monday 10:30am. Harpsichordist John ...
With more than two dozen new restaurants in the last year, it's obvious that Monterey County continues its love affair with food.
The restaurant business in Monterey County is constantly in flux, with new restaurants opening at a steady pace all around the county. Here are 24 restaurants that have opened--or which have gained new owners--in the ...
Real Art for Real People--The arts community has only itself to blame for tepid public support.
Whether in The Herald, Coast Weekly''s very own Squid Fry, or scribbled on Morgan''s Coffee House''s sagacious white board, there is somebody griping about diminished funding for the arts and a "stodgy" naysayer, often a ...
Madeline offers a scattered but comfortingly impressionistic take on the children's classic.
Not surprisingly, Madeline opens with a voice-over: "In an old house in Paris, that was covered with vines..." With those familiar storybook words, the viewer (well, this viewer) must, by pure Pavlovian response, nestle down ...
OmBUDDIES program joins seniors and kids in a bond that transcends years.
Ask OmBUDDIES what they like about the program and they all have only one thing to say: everything. Once a week OmBUDDIES get together, seniors in nursing homes and assisted living facilities and kids, mostly ...
Letters
That's News? When Etha Gray came to The Western Stage in 1989, she didn't come offering her services as Sue Fishkoff states >(CW, July 9), she came asking for assistance to develop her own African-American ...
Summertime, Music is Easy--Juice debuts new EP, Brother Gumption rocks Bluefin, Flora Purim in Santa Cruz.
It''s summer, tourists are clogging up the highways and the fog sometimes burns off the beaches for fun in the sun. Out in the valley, where there are still some fruit orchards, mixed in with ...
Thursday, July 9
The World Superbike Championship incites fevered dreams of motorcycles and open roads.
Maybe it''s a middle-age-crazy thing, a desire to recapture some sense of independence traded away decades ago, but I can''t drive by a motorcycle showroom without trying to look in the window. When a biker ...
SPCA says they can't test for Feline AIDS
What would you do if you found out the kitten you had just brought home was FIV positive, or infected with the immunodeficiency virus that leads to feline AIDS? That''s what happened to Pacific Grove ...
Come Ride With Us
With upcoming changes in the Monterey county bus system, we asked some bus riders their opinion about public transportation here in Monterey. Their answers may surprise you. Mariano Fiandaca Age: 91 Resides: Monterey Occupation: Retired ...
Run for your ear plugs! Summer's biggest, loudest movie is now playing.
It''s big, it''s stupid, it''s pretty kick-ass. That''s all you need to know about Summer ''98''s loudest testosterone-fest, the second in a death-from-above double-header that started off last month with the weak Deep Impact. As ...
Reality in Mexico--Our government is financing human rights violations.
A reason for extreme concern about the "low intensity" war in Mexico is that our government is financing it. I knew this when I joined a human rights observers'' delegation to the states of Oaxaca ...
Compose Yourself--Prep for the upcoming Cabrillo Music Festival, check out promising young composer.
The travails of Superman are celebrated vivaciously in Metropolis, the five-movement symphony by Michael Daugherty which gets its West Coast premiere next month at the Cabrillo Music Festival. Daugherty''s composer''s residency at the festival will ...
The Gem
Just when you thought your chances for finding New York steak au poivre flambed tableside had been extinguished by the backdraft of mesquite, Carmel brings to you The Gem. Open now for several months, they ...
Stop the Press(es)
Journalists have been working overtime lately to destroy the credibility of their profession, from writers fabricating stories for the New Republic and Boston Globe to a Cincinnati Enquirer reporter illegally breaking into Chiquita''s voice-mail system ...
Opening Near You--Willie and Lobo open concert for Craig Chaquico; Harvest Queen reopens for music in Salinas.
Most musicians covet the support of a record label to further their careers, but sometimes the demands of such a business arrangement prove counterproductive to the creative process or to a desired lifestyle (which in ...
A year's worth of recommended video rentals as chosen by the Coast Weekly staff.
Here it is...our annual guide to what we think are the best videos you can rent during the year. We''ve chosen 52 films that range from drama to documentary to comedy and hit most of ...
With system changes on the way, CW takes a look at bus culture.
From our passing cars, we see them at the bus stops: the poor, the young, the disabled, the elderly. The bus culture waits while we zip on by. Some grumble about an overhaul of schedules ...
El Nino brings infestation.
If you think you''re just imagining that pitter-patter of little feet, think again. Residents all around Monterey County are finding out that the pitter-patter is real, and increased numbers of mice, rats and other rodents ...
Letters
Trim the Fat In Monterey County, the largest employer is the county of Monterey. It is time to trim some fat out of the county government. The continuous mantra that the county "will lose money" ...
Lots of Choices--Guitar Night, Golden Bough, Celebration of Life, Yiddish cantors or punk folks from past and present.
There''s a lot to talk about and not much space to do it. Forgive my brevity. If you''re looking for some good rockin'', dancin'' blues, you''ll find ''em at Doc''s on Saturday when Red Archibald ...
A new art exhibit highlights the artistic achievement of photographer Linda McCartney.
In the first exhibition of her work since her death last spring from breast cancer, photographer Linda McCartney emerges from the cloak of celebrity that enveloped her marriage to ex-Beatle Paul McCartney. These photographs in ...
Obscured Knowledge
Obfuscated by piles of notes and dog-eared magazine articles, newspaper clippings and gum wrappers, it''s probable that somewhere in here is my keyboard. This is also a clue that it might be time to disseminate ...
County tourism still feeling the sting of El Ni& %s;o's wet lash.
The "Little Boy"--aka El Nino--is still whipping the end of his rainy tail across the Monterey Peninsula, hitting the county''s $1.4 billion tourism industry right where it hurts--in the wallet. In a coastal area dependent ...
Etha Gray writes and produces plays, drawing on her own experiences.
When Etha Gray arrived on the Monterey Peninsula in 1989, she made the rounds of local theaters to offer her services. They were not wanted. "I was told they don''t do plays that involve African-Americans, ...
Thursday, July 2
Denise Sallee's one-woman exhibit highlights her landscape visions.
In the middle of the Holman Antique Plaza, there is a new oasis for local artists. Given the natural subjects of the show, it''s fitting that the gallery''s first exhibit is by a photographer who ...
Shorthand For Food
The only way you could fathom the obtuse nature of this particular graffiti assault, is if you''d just survived 21 months of culinary school. Using what appeared to be a No. 3 star tip, a ...
A soggy mission in search of Brewmasters beers in the heart of Monterey.
We were a motley crew on Alvarado Street last Thursday. The weight of our mission was great, our thirst was greater and freedom from the office corroded any sense of discipline. In short, we needed ...
Backlogs at INS mean long waits for citizenship.
It''s never been easy to become a US citizen. Lots of people want that magic American passport, and the lines at Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) offices are always around the block. Now it''s harder ...
First-time director Lisa Cholodenko presents a thoughtful melange of conflicting desires.
Art, ambition, lesbians, heroin, and ennui all combine into a seductive mix in this compelling feature by first-timer Lisa Cholodenko, that won the screenwriting award at this year''s Sundance Film Festival. Set among the New ...
Monkeying Around--Latin-influenced ska band plays Doc's, Latin-flavored jazz at the Jazz Store, ladies sing the blues.
Question: What two bands list both Tito Puente and Pete Escovedo as musical influences? Answer: The Mario Flores Band and Monkey, both booked to play this week around town. Although Flores and company lean heavily ...
When the rights of individuals and communities clash, whose should prevail?
As Americans, we are free to associate with whomever we choose, free to pick our friends and our fashions and our lifestyles. We have the freedom of expression, and of assembly. The right to be ...
CET/SPRC scrambles to find new storage space for their costumes.
Time is running out for the costumes at Children''s Experimental Theater and Staff Players Repertory Company. "The problem is," says CET/SPRC founder and director Marcia Hovick, "that for many years we''ve been storing things in ...
Taqueria Los Altos
If you were under the impression that taqueria food just means tacos, it's time to think again. A visit to Taqueria Los Altos will dispel that notion, and trick you into thinking that you've just ...
New ag commish is congenial, cautious--and a coalition-builder.
You don''t get to get to be the point-man for a $2.2 billion industry without being a political animal and Eric Lauritzen, Monterey County''s newly appointed agricultural commissioner is no exception. Selected by county officials ...
Documentary highlights musical history of Monterey.
Often, an area''s history is lost simply because no one takes time to gather stories from the people who made that history but filmmaker Marie Wainscoat is dedicated to making sure that doesn''t happen in ...
UCSC offers CSUMB dorm space to their students.
Each fall, college student housing in Santa Cruz becomes a big question mark for several hundred students. In fact, housing is so tight that this fall, in anticipation of UC Santa Cruz''s biggest waiting list ...
Freeway as Pollutant--Yet another reason to halt Hatton Canyon.
Now that the National Ocean Conference and Ocean Fair has come and gone, what have we learned that can be applied locally? Both President Clinton and Vice President Gore spoke of a type of pollution ...
These Truths are Self-Evident...
Declaration of Inconsistency "When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another..." And so it began, with the fed-up colonists ...
Letters
Wept and Tossed I'd like to respond to your recent article, "No Way, Daddy" by saying I wept for these poor male victims all the way to the bathroom, where I threw up! Talk about ...
Salinas Gang Injunction--No Gang Congregation
With a new injunction, gangs will not be allowed to congregate within a five-block area in Salinas. Does this violate their Constitutional right to freely assemble? Xavier R. Baeza Age: 39 Resides: North Monterey County ...
Catchin' My Breath--The 13th Annual Monterey Bay Blues Festival was exhausting and exhilarating.
Here''s the deal. I''m working hard to recover from last weekend''s Monterey Bay Blues Festival while simultaneously toning my liver in anticipation of this weekend''s Brewmasters Classic and other Fourth of July festivities. Bottom line: ...
Honor Music--High School musicians work with noted conductor.
Every two years, the Music Educators National Conference sponsors the National High School Honors Orchestra. In the United States, there is no greater honor for a high school musician. Despite recommendations by music teachers throughout ...
