Stories
The Number is Up
The Number is Up
LUCKY, UNLUCKY, WHO CAN SAY?… Friday the 13th. For some folks, a day to curl up in bed and wait until tomorrow. For others, like my SWEET THING, a favorite (she’s always been a bit ...
Street Talk
Asked at Safeway in Carmel.
Q: THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF DEBATE OVER TORTURE OF LATE. DESCRIBE A CREATIVE METHOD. Follow-up: What’s the nicest torture you can think of? MARK HAMMOND | Barista | Salinas Q: Having to listen ...
Wholesome Foods
Organics’reputation tainted by recent outbreaks.
It’s been a long couple of months for organic consumers. First, Earthbound Farm was tied to the fresh spinach blamed for a nationwide E. coli outbreak that has sickened hundreds and may have killed three. ...
The New Groove
Chamber Music Monterey Bay opens its season with youthful innovators.
Somewhere over the centuries, chamber music got a bad rap. The name is derived from its origins as music performed by a small ensemble in an intimate setting, usually in the home of a music ...
Big Blue
Meet a mysterious and amazing area resident.
It seems a standard commute at first—starting along the Central Coast and reaching speeds of 50mph. Only it happens underwater. And stretches across the Pacific. Meet your long-commuting neighbors: the bluefin tuna, on special display ...
El Rey de Comedia
Alex Reymundo takes Latino comedy to the hills.
While some comedians jump up onstage to exorcise their personal demons and others are inspired to poke fun at an unjust society, Alex Reymundo had another reason for going into the profession initially. “Chicks dig ...
Monterey County Elected Offices, P.2
Salinas, Sand City, Seaside
• SALINAS MAYOR | Dennis Donohue While we have deep respect and admiration for Maria Giuriato for her lifetime dedication to local government on boards, committees, and the City Council, we think Donohue comes to ...
Friday Night Live
Jon Lovitz, the man behind SNL’s Pathological Liar, does funny to back candidate Morrison.
The late ‘80s were a golden era for Saturday Night Live. The program featured popular skits like Wayne’s World and Hans and Franz alongside Dennis Miller’s turn as a sarcastic news anchor and Phil Hartman’s ...
PublicCitizen
10|12 Thurs STATE OF CSUMB | SEASIDE—Marina Chamber of Commerce hosts a “State of the University” buffet-style luncheon with CSUMB President Dr. Dianne F. Harrison. Call for availability. 11:45am-1:30pm. CSUMB University Center Ballroom, 6th Avenue, ...
All in a Name
The CSUMB community ponders the most important moniker on campus.
The whiskered one is about to get a name. A process that began by taking suggestions from students has now moved to a final vote to determine the name of the cute and cuddly sea ...
State Offices
Endorsements 2006
GOVERNOR | Arnold Schwarzenegger Vote for Arnold because he recently signed some of the most progressive environmental laws in history. Vote for Arnold to teach the Democratic Party a lesson about running “safe” candidates (read: ...
Cult of Personality
In a powerhouse performance, Forest Whitaker portrays Ugandan ruler Idi Amin in
How the Academy dearly loves its royalty. Perhaps this is because in America, we have no true history with our very own monarchy, what with our liberation two hundred odd years ago. Yes, little American ...
Monterey County Elected Offices, P.1
Del Rey Oaks, Marina, Monterey, Pacific Grove
• DEL REY OAKS MAYOR | Joseph P. Russell Running unopposed might be a politician’s favorite two-word tango—up there with “solemn duty” and “free parking.” Barring a flurry of write-ins, the former Navy serviceman and ...
Basic Excellence
Bay House brings gourmet attention to straightforward dishes.
Look no further than the fruit. Here—in artful and fresh detail—lies the colorful proof of Bay House’s commitment to quality. On my first visit the kiwi, strawberry, raspberry, pineapple, blueberries and bananas fanned out attractively ...
Showdown in Carmel Valley
LAFCO will hear incorporation proposal this week.
A rebellion is afoot in Carmel Valley. The community (or at least a good part of it) wants to secede from the County. In all likelihood, local residents will soon vote on whether to incorporate, ...
A Cold Dud
With Infamous, the second telling of the Truman show falls flat.
It is probably unfair that Infamous will be looked at as the other Truman Capote biography. But it’s also inevitable. Writer/director Douglas McGrath’s film comes on the heels of last year’s Academy Award-nominated Capote, which ...
Sand City Grand
Sand City Grand
Monterey County has famous views—usually of one exquisite bay or another, the vast Pacific or mountains, valleys, dark skies with bright stars or twinkling city lights. Plus convenient locations to shopping necessities, access to every ...
Mass exodus brings new ideas and inexperienced politicians.
Four years ago, the Monterey City Council had more than 100 cumulative years in office among them. After the November elections, regardless of who wins, it’ll have all of eight. “I’ve heard from a lot ...
State Propositions
Endorsements 2006
PROPOSITION 1A ~ Transportation funding Protection NO — California receives $3.4 billion a year from the state excise tax on gasoline; under the state constitution that money can be used only for roads and other ...
Sur Eccentric
TV documentary of Big Sur artist Emile Norman reveals a unique vision.
>>ONFILM To the select society of people who attend classical music concerts on the Peninsula and frequent certain restaurants in Big Sur, Emile Norman is an instantly recognizable figure. When the 88-year-old artist makes an ...
DiscSpace
DiscSpace
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Rogue’s Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Seas Songs & Chanteys | Anti People love pirates. Piratemania is so widespread, in fact, that a backlash seems inevitable. But even if the plank-walkers are about to ...
ArtListings
ArtListings
Links to galleries within this section: Artistas Unidos | Back Porch Fabrics | Breakthrough | Carmel Art Association | Carmel Foundation | Center for Photographic Art | Chapman Gallery | Coast Gallery | Concepts Carmel ...
Letters
Letters
LET IT BURN (SAFELY) Your recent cover feature rightfully emphasizes the extreme fire threat from Sudden Oak Death in the Big Sur area, and the helplessness of firefighters when high intensity wildfires strike [“Big Sur ...
Aktion Schwindel
Ersatz German artist makes political irony work.
The art world has long been a fertile ground for tricksters. The dividing line has been chiseled in marble and eaten deep with vitriol for at least half a millennium: the division between the artist/creator ...
Embrace the Inevitable
Arnold is our governor. Face it, and hope for the best.
Now would be a good time for a radical centrist leader. In Sacramento as in Washington, we need more than good policy. We need an elected official to mend the rift that has torn the ...
SquidFry
SquidFry
THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM… Here’s something that Squid really admires about some Monterey County officials: their superhuman powers of denial. One day it’s: VOTING RIGHT ACT lawsuit Padilla v. Lever does apply to Monterey ...
