Friday, October 30
Gavin Newsom drops out of Governor's race
In a surprise move, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announced that he was dropping out of the California governor's race. Newsom, who announced his campaign more than a year ago, was lagging behind state Attorney ...
Fluoridin' High
Jensen Camp water contamination case gushes on.
The county is required by law to shield its water consumers from drinking polluted water, according to the latest ruling in an ongoing lawsuit over fluoride-contaminated wells in the Cachagua area of Carmel Valley. As ...
Thursday, October 29
Congressman Sam Farr hopes to help medical marijuana users caught in Catch-22.
Last week, the Justice Department announced it would no longer prosecute medical marijuana users who abide by state laws. But the announcement comes too late to help those who already face charges. Enter Congressman Farr, ...
Salinas police committee to stump for Measure K
The Salinas Police Community Advisory Committee will hold a press conference tomorrow to endorse Measure K, the 1-cent sales tax that committee members say, if not successful, could lead to more gang bloodshed. "If Measure ...
Carmel Valley incorporation vote doesn't need an EIR, judge rules.
The last of the pending court challenges related to Carmel Valley's Nov. 3 incorporation vote has been denied. On Oct. 27, Judge Kay Kingsley of the Superior Court in Monterey rejected nine arguments for stopping ...
Letters to the Editor for Oct 29, 2009
Flanders Founder Olof Dahlstrand and I are the councilmembers still living who were on the City Council in the early years when the city acquired the Flanders property. I want the record to show that ...
Mini Mighty
'Exposed', Carmel’s newest gallery: tiny, edgy and atypical.
With around 100 art galleries, Carmel-by-the-Sea has a variety of creations for art collectors. But the small seaside town might be best known for a place to score lovingly painted portraits of pets or plein ...
Art Listing for Oct 29, 2009
Art Listing for Oct 29, 2009
HAPPENING THIS WEEK APODACA GALLERY They Bloom in June Gloom: An Appreciation of the Mighty Jacaranda: Artist Johnny Apodaca turns the spotlight for a moment on 20 photographs by Bonnie Hawthorne of Los Angeles in ...
'Weekly' web redesign offers joyful bundling of content.
Having never given birth myself, I’m going completely on hearsay from Mrs. Cushman when I sometimes compare difficult tasks to bearing children. From where I was standing, it certainly looked like hard work, but all ...
Sing and Dance
Two standout Sunset Center shows in one week: 3 Mo’ Divas and Pilobolus.
Sunset Center’s 2009-10 season was designed to bring an assorted collection of cultures to Carmel. This week works as a microcosm of that eclectic array, with a trio of sassy vocal chameleons and a dance ...
The Loading Zone
With Measure K, Salinas hopes to pull the trigger against gang violence.
Think of Salinas’ gang crisis as a loaded 9-millimeter handgun. A week rarely goes by without a young gang member squeezing the trigger, taking aim at another kid. In the heat of the moment, cops ...
Real Estate
By The Numbers
$585,000 Recent Sale 8730 Carmel Valley Rd., Carmel Valley Built: 1978 Size: 2,693 square feet Features: 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2-car garage on 1 acre Amenities: Stone fireplace, vaulted ceilings, large back patio, koi pond, ...
Salinas Scores
The city beats out Silicon Valley and lands a clean and green carmaker.
Electric cars – made in Monterey County – could roll off assembly lines by the end of this year, Salinas Mayor Dennis Donohue says. Salinas is the first choice of fledgling electric carmaker Green Vehicles ...
What costume do you wish you could wear every year?
Asked at the Spirit Halloween Store in Salinas.
Follow-up: What’s the scariest Halloween get-up you can think of? JOSEFINA LOPEZ | Health Center Manager | Seaside A: I can’t decide. It is fun to get out of character for something different [every year]. ...
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Updates
Solar Discount…The county Board of Supervisors Oct. 27 voted to lower building permit fees for alternative energy systems, (CK) slicing $750 off the steep fee of $1,000 for roof-mounted solar panels and $1,550 for ground-mounted ...
Amelia
Flying into the Sun: 'Amelia' soars in Mira Nair adaptation.
I want to see a movie about Amelia Earhart that is thrilling. That is Indiana Jones adventurous. Someday, I think, someone will make a movie like that about Earhart, about whom that kind of story ...
Homeward Bound
Siblings visit their late, long-lost brother’s friends
None of John Hughes’ eight siblings had seen him since 1975. But for the last 10 years of his life, he had a family in the Pacific Grove church that took him in. On Oct. ...
Sex Plot
Carmel’s alleged harassment case thickens, goes international.
Suspected retaliation, a judge’s reproach, mounting legal bills and after-hours phone calls: The latest developments in a lawsuit alleging discrimination and harassment aren’t looking good for the city of Carmel-by-the-Sea. In one developing side-note, the ...
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Free Will Astrology
Aries (March 21-April 19): You may be as flooded with briny emotion as a Pisces on a meandering binge. You might be as embedded in a labyrinth of your own creation as the Geminis who ...
Best in Field
Ventana’s Le Mistral wine makes an earthy and inspired debut in the vineyard.
It was an ideal alliance of fussy man and messy nature: a white tablecloth dinner in the dirt. The inaugural event brought together a vineyard and 60 guests for the unveiling of a new vintage ...
Getting Kinks Out
Monterey massage ordinance kneads a workover.
The city of Monterey began regulating massage establishments when many had names like Foxy Lady and Jan’s Outcall Service. Years ago, if a masseuse didn’t practice under the supervision of a physician or chiropractor, she ...
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ONGOING SANCTUARY COUNCIL APPLICANTS | MONTEREY – The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary is seeking applicants for seats on its advisory council in the following areas: agriculture, business/industry, commercial fishing, recreation, recreational fishing, research and ...
The Damned United
Damned Straight: British soccer film kicks into high gear.
In his portrayal of famed British soccer team manager Brian Clough, Michael Sheen (The Queen) solidifies his status as this generation’s Laurence Olivier in Tom Hooper’s enthralling adaptation of Peter Morgan’s 2006 book The Damned ...
¡Ask A Mexican! for Oct 29, 2009
One man's take on his culture's stereotypes
Dear Mexican: For most of my life I was oblivious to the hate that Mexicans have for Salvadorans. Once I became engaged to my Salvi girlfriend or whenever I would tell any Mexican that I ...
Last Supper
Stokes Restaurant & Bar closes its doors with a Halloween open house.
While Hattie’s haunting and the big adobe’s history make Stokes an unparalleled place, and the wild mushroom pizza and crispy duck confit are thoroughly wonderful things, it’s the people who have rendered the restaurant remarkable. ...
Squid Fry for Oct 29, 2009
Squid Fry for Oct 29, 2009
ROTTEN APPLES… Only in Pacific Grove would a do-gooder school cleanup turn into a bureaucratic squabble over the planting of apple trees. Squid hears that more than 100 parent volunteers pitched in for Fall Sweep ...
Monster Sounds
Counter Clockwise release party leads a menagerie of Halloween rock.
Monterey’s favorite head banging group, Counter Clockwise, is celebrating the release of its second album, Dance on My Grave, on the scariest night of the year. The Halloween date fits its zombie-themed cover and hauntingly ...
Not Dead Yet
Monterey County remains a historic home for a host of ghosts – or so people say.
When he went downstairs to visit the old Hotel Del Monte’s front desk, he left his new wife in bed. Then the 1906 earthquake hit. A chimney collapsed. She was killed instantly. Decades later, witnesses ...
Wednesday, October 28
Transit agency supports light rail over bus rapid transit.
The Transit Agency for Monterey County Board made it official Wednesday morning: Light rail is the best way to connect Marina to Monterey and ease traffic tie-ups on Highway 1 and on Del Monte Boulevard. ...
U.S. Attorney announces sentencing in big Salinas meth and gun bust
About a month after a federal and state law enforcement huddle in Salinas, Northern California U.S. Attorney Joseph Russoniello announced the sentencing of a meth dealer tied to a massive stolen car and illegal gun ...
Tuesday, October 27
CalPERS clears Seaside's Police Chief's number-two man.
The top two temp cops in the Seaside Police Department have been under a lot of scrutiny lately: first with questions over their vetting, and then with a query into SSPD Deputy Executive Officer Don ...
Yes on G campaign reports 'brazenly stolen' signs
Yes on Measure G supporters are reporting the theft of more than a dozen large campaign signs, accusing incorporation opponents of stealing them. In a press release, Carmel Valley incorporation backers say they woke up ...
Supes lower solar panel fees
The Monterey County Board of Supervisors today lowered building permit fees for alternative energy systems by $750, effectively reversing a steep fee increase for solar panel installation made in July. Solar energy advocates complained that ...
Do the Robot
New program lets NOAA scientists use ROV to remove industrial fishing gear from sensitive habitat.
Using tips from fishermen and Lost Fishing Gear Removal cruises, NOAA’s Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary is launching clever efforts to retrieve lost fishing gear from deep water locations before it entangles fish and marine ...
Monday, October 26
Electric carmaker plans to open Salinas assembly plant.
Salinas Mayor Dennis Donohue is expected to make it official Tuesday: Green Vehicles, a San Jose-based start-up, plans to set up shop in the city's shuttered Firestone factory by the end of this year. "We ...
Sunday, October 25
Portraits of Hope
A New Leaf interactive art piece gives International Day of Climate Action some Monterey County character.
Watch Video Leaf: a 350.org project from Nic Coury on Vimeo. There was only one man to call. The mission was this: to give the worldwide environmental awareness exercise called International Day of Climate Action ...
Saturday, October 24
Taking Action for 350
So, what are you going to do for the atmosphere's carbon levels today?
350: It's a number that may ensure our survival as a species, according to a number of leading climate scientists. If we can keep our carbon dioxide levels below that figure in the atmosphere, then ...
Friday, October 23
P.G. cleared in gay cop discrimination case.
A federal judge has let the city of Pacific Grove off the hook on allegations from P.G. Sgt. Darrin Smolinski, who claimed he was denied promotions because he is gay, and in retaliation for testifying ...
Bishop Garcia calls on churches to pray for solution to gang violence
Bishop Richard Garcia of the Catholic Diocese of Monterey has called on Central Coast clergy to pray for a solution to gang violence, the Diocese announced today. In a letter to Catholic priests in Santa ...
Thursday, October 22
Dark Delight
Wry humorist David Sedaris hones his next book at Carmel’s Sunset Center.
David Sedaris’ dad has sniped that Sedaris reads aloud better than he writes. There’s something to that – the way he breathes his words to life, as he’s done on the David Letterman show, where ...
Cesar’s Ghosts
A provocative new book about the United Farm Workers separates romantic myths from harsh realities.
“When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” Everyone loves heroes, and the story of Cesar Chavez, and his successful efforts to take on growers and build the United Farm Workers Union, has become part ...
Coco Before Chanel
French Dip: Coco Before Chanel provides a look into the back story of a fashion icon.
Before her name became synonymous with French couture, perfumes, and other luxury goods, Gabrielle Chanel was a girl of few synonyms. By the age of 12, she was a motherless child who was then raised ...
Irreverent rag remains relevant to current issues.
Warren Hinckle, who figures prominently in the new book A Bomb In Every Issue: – How The Short, Unruly Life of Ramparts Magazine Changed America, once took a taxi from San Francisco to Quail Lodge ...
Funky Folky
Beach House and Kurt Vile light up a lively weekend at Fernwood in Big Sur.
The dream-pop, Baltimore duo Beach House – headlining Friday night’s show at Fernwood – added an extra tour date just to play in Big Sur. The band played Sur back in ’07 at the Festival ...
Full Court Press
Carmel Valley’s Jerry Cohen led the UFW’s legal struggle until a falling-out over strategy.
For more than a dozen years, Jerry Cohen was the United Farm Workers’ brazen legal weapon. The UFW’s general counsel battled judges to get farmworkers out of jail, negotiated hard-fought contracts with resistant growers from ...
ORNITHOLOGY MEETS ECOLOGY
Condor concerns may not stop plans for Salinas Valley turbines.
Maybe condors and wind turbines can coexist in the Salinas Valley. A new study by the Ventana Wildlife Society and Stanford University’s Solar and Wind Energy Project says that a narrow strip on the valley ...
Sticker Shock
Assessed home values seesaw as economy wavers.
Something spooky happened to new homeowner Antolin Ortiz a few weeks shy of Halloween, when he opened his first-ever property tax bill. He’d picked up a bargain-basement Salinas fixer-upper for just $75,000 in July, but ...
Good Wood
Rollicking Woods Tea Company rumbles into World Theater.
Like the NFL’s 1972 Miami Dolphins and the NCAA’s 1976 Indiana Hoosiers, the Vermont musical quartet Woods Tea Company has a perfect record. “There isn’t an audience yet that we haven’t been able to crack,” ...
Real Estate
By The Numbers
$800,000 Recent Sale 27615 Prestancia Circle, Salinas Built: 2002 Size: 3,818 square feet Features: 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 3-car garage Amenities: Vaulted ceilings, 3 fireplace, spiral staircase, Stainless kitchen appliances Seller: Kays Trust Buyer: Handley ...
Art Listings for Oct 22, 2009
Art Listings for Oct 22, 2009
OPENING THIS WEEK Alternative Café in downtown monterey Echo: In one of the storefronts near the Golden State Theatre, the Alt Cafe stages a retrospective that reaches back in time to re-introduce Monterey audiences to ...
Smoke Signals
Monterey Cookhouse does big meats with big flavor and lots of heart.
The first thing owner Linda Cantrell did when Monterey Cookhouse opened on Fremont Street in late July was to install a Traeger smoker. The elephant-sized device behind the restaurant is representative of the Carmel Valley ...
Under Fire
Seaside firefighters resist layoffs; police drama continues, amid new charges.
For the past several months, Seaside’s top managers have been taking a verbal beating over their handling of a personnel mash-up at the police department – and a new question has arisen over the hiring ...
What do you think first when you see farmworkers in the fields?
Asked at Monterey County Employees Credit Union in Salinas.
Follow-up: Who is Cesar Chavez? WILL SIGNORELLI | Salinas | Engineer A: That they don’t get the day off. Resume Builder: Cesar Chavez was an advocate for farmworkers. DESIREE BARBA | Secretary for Department of ...
‘Scoobie Doo on Acid’
Zombie Voodoo Scream Party takes over Golden State for a freaky week of Halloween theater.
Rider McDowell grew up watching his mother rehearse off-Broadway plays from the wings of various New York theaters – and was bored to death by most of what he saw. “I hate off-Broadway shows. Theater ...
Code Blue
Aquarium’s new “State of Seafood” report is a call to action.
A ray of hope shines on rough seas. That’s the take-home message in the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s new report, “Turning the Tide: The State of Seafood.” Yes, we’ve managed to muck up much of the ...
Brezsny's Astrology
Free Will Astrology
Aries (March 21-April 19): “The clouds are the most fertile part of the sky,” writes Guy Murchie in his book The Seven Mysteries of Life. Microbes with short life cycles live there in abundance, “eating, ...
Monterey Bay Restaurant Week 2009
Experience a dining adventure: three delicious courses for a fixed price at more than 25 restaurants
Restaurant Week is a dining adventure on the culinary coast that will feature fixed price $25, $35 and $45 menus at top Monterey Bay area restaurants. Each restaurant will serve three courses – an appetizer, ...
Endorsements
The Weekly editorial board’s endorsements for the upcoming elections on Nov. 3.
MEASURE G | Carmel Valley Incorporation Yes This is the Big Kahuna of this November’s election, the most hotly debated item that will impact both the residents of Carmel Valley and the county. It’s a ...
Letters to the Editor for Oct 22, 2009
NO “URBAN GHETTO” Contrary to its opponents’ “city” claims, Measure G is all about subdivisions in Carmel Valley. The Board of Supervisors majority long ago traded responsible planning decisions for political favors. In the last ...
The Dow Jones return to 10,000 is a direct result of stimulus spending.
So how can the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit 10,000 when consumers, who make up 70 percent of the economy, have had to cut way back on buying because they have no money? Jobs continue ...
Unhappy Harvest
Chavez’s leadership sparked a movement, but at untold cost to some of his followers.
In an e-mail interview, former Los Angeles Times reporter Miriam Pawel, author of The Union of Their Dreams: Power, Hope and Struggle in Cesar Chavez’s Farm Worker Movement, described her painstaking efforts to describe a ...
The News Continues
Updates
Body Count Rises…Two Salinas teens were killed last week in a bizarre shooting near Hartnell College, where a juvenile passenger opened fire on four people riding in the same vehicle. Fourteen-year-old Ociel Montiel and 15-year-old ...
Spicy Rice
Red Beans & Rice remixes one of the county’s favorite blues blends.
Even though Red Beans & Rice has undergone a major change in ingredients, bandleader Gil Rubio says the long-running local blues outfit will retain the same basic flavor – with a few dashes of Latin ...
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant
Feigning Freaky: The talented people who produced Cirque du Freak didn’t need to.
It sorta sucks. John C. Reilly as a vampire? I thought: How can that not be funny? And it is funny, in a gentler, more unassuming way than you might expect from a movie by ...
Massage Therapy
Federal stimulus program puts cash in hands of local businesses.
Monterey County’s One-Stop Career Centers, which help unemployed workers find jobs, now offer a hand to employers – with an infusion of cash from the federal stimulus program. One who got help is Loni McCallum, ...
A leadership shake-up rocks two of the county’s big nonprofits.
Monterey County Film Commision Executive Director Greg Robinson is off the job as of Oct. 31 and Steve Wille, the top man at the Monterey County Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, stepped down suddenly Oct. 19. ...
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THURSDAY 10|22 WARMING OCEANS | CARMEL – The Carmel Area Democratic Women’s Luncheon Club presents Hopkins Marine Station Associate Director George Somero, who speaks on climate change’s impacts on the ocean and local ecosystems. 11:30am. ...
Strong Week
Just try to get your mouth around this slab of epicurean activity.
So it begins. The first ever Monterey Restaurant Week starts today and runs until Oct. 29. That means ambitious epicures better get to grinding: With 30 very worthy restaurants rolling out special “here’s what we ...
Viva la Vaquita
Locals join campaign to save the world’s rarest porpoise.
It was like looking for a ghost. Every day in October 2008, Team Vaquita members would rise before sunrise in San Felipe, Mexico, to scout the Gulf of California for a glimpse of the world’s ...
Squid Fry for Oct 22, 2009
Squid Fry for Oct 22, 2009
CHOP SHOP… Squid woke up the other day reciting one of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s most memorable quotes: “Get to tha choppa!” from Predator. Squid understands Arnie’s ardor – a skull-collecting, chameleon-like alien was hunting his squad. ...
Wednesday, October 21
Conservative legal groups offer pro bono help in Monterey cross dispute.
Washington DC-based Liberty Counsel and the Pacific Justice Institute, which is headquartered in Sacramento, have both offered to rush to the city’s legal defense if it restores the historic Del Monte Beach cross—and gets into ...
Confidence Buster
Seaside POA to consider vote of no confidence in interim police chiefs, city manager.
The drama between Seaside city management and police commanders is apparently affecting morale among the city's rank-and-file cops. On Thursday night the Seaside Police Officers Association will consider a motion to hold a vote of ...
Water Block
State water board approves cease-and-desist order against Cal Am.
Despite heavy lobbying by California American Water Co., chambers of commerce, the local realtor and hospitality associations, and a bus-load of Monterey Peninsula residents fearing the loss of their daily showers, on Oct. 20 the ...
Tuesday, October 20
Code Blue
Aquarium’s new “State of Seafood” report is a call to action.
A ray of hope shines on rough seas. That’s the take-home message from in Monterey Bay Aquarium’s new report, “Turning the Tide: The State of Seafood.” Yes, we’ve managed to muck up much of the ...
Monday, October 19
Drama Deepens
Questions arise about Seaside interim police chief's number-two man.
For the past several months, Seaside’s top managers have been taking a verbal beating over their handling of a personnel mash-up at the police department. Now, a new question has arisen over the hiring of ...
Police Report
Fetherolf prioritizes intelligence in 180-day report
Salinas Police Chief Louis Fetherolf released his 180-day report today, calling on the department to shift toward intelligence-driven and community-oriented policing amid a raging gang war that has claimed 24 lives this year. Fetherolf's report ...
Drive-by hospitalizes 19-year-old male.
Last Saturday night a 19-year-old male was shot in the upper chest/shoulder area, the victim of an apparent drive-by shooting, according to Seaside police. SSPD officers responded to the 1400 block of Kenneth Street shortly ...
Sunday, October 18
Slideshow
A warm and sunny Saturday afternoon captured in a time-lapse video.
A bright blue sky and high temperatures brought out both locals and tourists to Old Fisherman's Wharf and Custom House Plaza this weekend. Watch Video
Friday, October 16
14-year-old boy dies from shooting
A 14-year-old Salinas boy died from gunshot injuries today, two days after he and three other teens were shot inside a car near Hartnell College, Salinas police said. Ociel Montiel was shot by a gunman ...
Thursday, October 15
First Night Monterey scores $15,000 arts grant for Latin jazz blowout.
Attorney General Jerry Brown and the California Arts Council announced today that First Night Monterey was one of 42 arts groups around the state that were funded. The organization's director, Ellen Martin, says the money ...
Wanted: Vandals
Information on cross vandals may be worth $1000.
The Monterey City Council will consider offering $1000 for tips that lead to the arrest of vandals who chopped down the historic Del Monte Beach cross last month. The cross was erected in 1969 to ...
Political Backlash?
Sheriff candidate Garcia suspended after criticizing helicopter
Sheriff Cmdr. Fred Garcia, who is challenging Mike Kanalakis in the June 2010 election, was suspended today shortly after he publicly criticized Kanalakis for wanting to buy a helicopter. Cmdr. Mike Richards said Garcia was ...
No Moore
Lively longtime Cannery Row merchant Kalisa Moore, the last living connection to the John Steinbeck era, dies at 83.
The "Queen of Cannery Row," Kalisa Moore, died Thursday after more than four decades as a Peninsula institution, a salty, artistic character with a big heart. Moore’s kingdom on Cannery Row welcomed John Steinbeck, Ed ...
Squid Fry for Oct 15, 2009
Squid Fry for Oct 15, 2009
SPUN OUT… It was summer of 1964, and the Kool-Aid looked delicious. Soon Squid was squished between malodorous flower children on a California road trip, spacing out to the Dead and babbling to Tom Wolfe ...
¡Ask A Mexican! for Oct 15, 2009
One man's take on his culture's stereotypes
An uninsured wetback just hit my car and totaled his. He had no insurance and no license, but did have a nice cell phone. I asked him if he was OK in my limited Spanish, ...
Where the Wild Things Are
Wild at Heart: Spike Jonze, Dave Eggars stylishly embellish a children’s classic.
With the blessing of Where the Wild Things Are author/illustrator Maurice Sendak, director Spike Jonze sincerely adapts Sendak’s popular 1963 children’s book to the big screen. Dave Eggers’ writing screenplay credit speaks for the narrative ...
Obama’s Nobel deserves a better reception.
It’s been a time of bad news locally, punctuated by (relatively) good news globally. The surprise announcement that Barack Obama has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize is a welcome reminder of the progress we’ve ...
Chopper Block
Sheriff’s helicopter request creates political turbulence.
Sheriff Mike Kanalakis’ request to buy a helicopter is giving his political opponent campaign fodder. Cmdr. Fred Garcia, who is challenging Kanalakis in June 2010, says the $660,000, grant-funded chopper is another example of Kanalakis ...
Everyday Miracles
A closer look at the little CHOMP stories that have led to a big 75 year anniversary.
Architect Edward Durell Stone built Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula (CHOMP) atop a parcel of prime Del Monte Forest land donated by Samuel F.B Morse as a “hospital that wouldn’t look like a hospital.” ...
Unprecedented Portraits
Monterey Symphony commissions Dave and Chris Brubeck’s Ansel Adams: America.
Ansel Adams once said, “The negative is comparable to the composer’s score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways.” Now Adams’ extraordinary black-and-white photographic “performances” have been set to music ...
Beach Crossfire
Restoration controversy resurrects battles over respective roles of church and state.
The city of Monterey is on a costly collision course with First Amendment activists over the 20-foot redwood cross that stood on Del Monte Beach until it was chopped down by vandals in September. Last ...
Real Estate
By The Numbers
$1,380,000 Recent Sale 3511 Greenfield Place, Carmel Built: 1969 Size: 3,994 square feet Features: 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 2-car garage Amenities: Ocean views, skylights, bay windows, vaulted ceilings, bidet, fireplace, backyard patio Seller: R. McKee ...
Describe a recent miracle in your life, minor or major.
Asked at Safeway in Del Rey Oaks
BRYAN RUPPELL | Construction Worker | Marina A: I’m one week sober since going to AA meetings. It’s something I never thought I’d do. Let It Rain: I like it. It makes me optimistic. CURTIS ...
Altered State
Warren Dewey steps down at Golden State Theatre, Monterey Church steps in.
The unexpected news this week that Warren Dewey is stepping down as proprietor of the Golden State Theatre and handing over the reins to the Monterey Church marked a sea change on the local entertainment ...
Letters to the Editor for Oct 15, 2009
Flanders Flap So the unthinkable has finally happened: Carmel, the village in the forest renowned for being a community that treasures its trees and parks, is beginning the process of selling off portions of her ...
Mobile home resolution put off—again.
A lengthy saga between Marina mobile home residents and park owners will likely reach its final chapter with the closing words “to be continued.” After months of meetings, the Mobile Home Task Force found little ...
Think Pink
Paper Wing soars with multi-media rock opera The Wall: A Live Tribute.
Near the end of Paper Wing Theatre’s The Wall: A Live Tribute, Pink, a rock star on the edge of oblivion, begins roping his arm to shoot heroin while singing “Nobody Home.” After emptying the ...
Art Listing for Oct 15, 2009
Art Listing for Oct 15, 2009
OPENING THIS WEEK CARL CHERRY CENTER Santa Cruz artist Margaret Rinkovsky’s exhibition explores the mechanisms of perception and memory, the human thought process, and the workings of human nature using dense layers of oil paint ...
Holmes Sweet Holmes
Gospel-roots veteran reflects on music, politics and the road.
On the phone from his home in Saluda, Va., Sherman Holmes sounds like a young man, amused and invigorated by life, even though, as he quickly acknowledges, “I turned 70 last week.” The bass player ...
Getting presidents to pay attention.
If you’ve spent time in progressive circles these last nine months, you’ve certainly heard the “make me do it” story. The details bounce around, but the basic tale is this: The president is meeting in ...
Paranormal Activity
Spooky Sightings: Paranormal Activity is an abnormally inventive addition to the contemporary horror movie genre.
Already a record-setter in cost vs. revenue returns, this low-budget (reportedly $15,000), independent debut film by writer/director Oren Peli – a former video game programmer – is poised to swell to phenomenon-like proportions while sending ...
Brezsny's Astrology
Free Will Astrology
Aries (March 21-April 19): You say you not only want to be loved, but that you also want to love? Then learn the fantasies and symbols and beliefs that hold people’s lives together. Be interested ...
Current Takes On Past Reports
Updates
D.A. Backs Off Cop Case…There will be no criminal charges filed against Seaside Police Officer Barry Pasquarosa, who was accused of stalking Code Enforcement Officer Vanessa Alcaraz. (Assistant District Attorney Stephanie Hulsey didn’t ID Pasquarosa, ...
Letters from a Legend
Death, critics and the making of Big Sur.
(Kerouac writes Lawrence Ferlinghetti in 1960, thanking the poet for the use of his cabin.) Okay, I’ll be out there in time for July 22… What I need now is a rest, is sleeping in ...
Murky Art Mystery
Pollock’s provenance doubted by expert.
Aweek of dueling press conferences on the Pebble Beach art heist – one by the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office and the other featuring the victim’s representatives – has made the already murky whodunit curiouser and ...
The Beat Goes On
Jack Kerouac’s Big Sur dreams – and nightmares – are memorialized in an ambitious new DVD/CD.
After the success of On the Road made his mind all goopy with fame, celebrity, Beat wannabe kids yakking, hangovers ringin’ his head like an empty bell, Jack Kerouac decided to dry out in Big ...
Loss and Living
Seizing the day, mourning a friend.
Both her arms were bound tightly in triangular slings, but she still used the tiny cradle of space her straitjacket allowed to somehow Blackberry clients and friends. Simultaneously, she entertained several guests with a spiraling ...
High Spirit
A local team looks to make it big with a brand-new liquor like nothing else.
“There can’t be good living,” Benjamin Franklin once professed, “where there is not good drinking.” These are words that Richard Oh lives by: In 2004, the local entrepreneur started a winery, Otter Cove in the ...
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THURSDAY 10|15 SEASIDE POLITICS | SEASIDE—City Council discusses gray whales, Seaside Basin replenishment and a regional police Special Response Unit with “special weapons.” 7pm. Council Chambers, City Hall, 440 Harcourt Ave., Seaside. 899-6737. www.ci.seaside.ca.usREDEVELOPMENT MERGER ...
Strictly Hits
Nu Horizon unveils their dance-demanding eight-piece group at Sly’s.
On Friday night, versatile cover band Nu-Horizon makes their Monterey debut at Sly McFly’s on Cannery Row. Timbale player extraordinaire Andy Sierra, one of the original Chicano All-Stars, formed the eight-piece band in spring after ...
Scandal-by-the-Sea
Carmel harassment suit heats up amid legal scuffles.
The gloves are off in a lawsuit against Carmel-by-the-Sea. In early September, the city asked Monterey County Superior Court to disqualify the attorney representing former Human Resources Manager Jane Miller in a legal complaint alleging ...
Wednesday, October 14
Rain Slick
How the
Boom. The noise hustled Weekly founder-CEO Bradley Zeve inside the building’s second story from the roof, where he was sweeping puddles of rain to prevent leaks. The loud sound would be kinda fun to hear—like ...
Tuesday, October 13
Storm leaves 16,000 without power in Monterey County.
The first big storm of the season has left about 16,000 Monterey County customers without power as of 10:50 this morning, according to Pacific Gas & Electric spokesman Kory Raftery. Outages are the most widespread ...
Supervisors request hire-back policy for Quail Lodge workers
The Monterey County Board of Supervisors this morning passed a resolution that calls on Quail Lodge owners to offer laid-off workers their jobs back in case the Carmel Valley hotel reopens. The hotel is slated ...
Monday, October 12
The Monterey Church talks about its plans for Golden State Theatre
The Monterey Church Events Manager and church member Rebecca Halton, 25, spoke on behalf of Pastor Bryan James and the church about stepping into the management, on Nov. 2, of the downtown venue—and about themselves—as ...
Eating Blue
Monning's sustainable seafood legislation signed into law.
You may already eat organic produce, dairy and meats. But good luck finding feel-good fish in your neighborhood market: There are no established regulatory standards for eco-certified seafood. That will change--at least in California--thanks to ...
Federal scientists discourage drilling off the Santa Barbara coast.
Score another point for opponents to oil drilling off the Santa Barbara coast. Marine scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recommended "establishing buffer zones around the Southern California Ecologival Preserve off Santa Barbara," ...
Potent rain storm to arrive tonight
The National Weather Service is predicting heavy rain and potentially high winds starting tonight through Wednesday morning. "This will be a very dramatic change from the typical late summer pattern the area has been experiencing," ...
Saturday, October 10
Warren Dewey, longtime proprietor of Golden State Theatre, will step down next month.
Last night, Oct. 9, at the reception following the screening of the film Precious at the Golden State Theatre, a stray comment from an attendee quietly signaled a shift in the cultural and entertainment life ...
Friday, October 9
Aquarium receives $1.4 million in grants for climate change projects.
In the month of Monterey Bay Aquarium's 25th anniversary, it has received more than $1.4 million in grants from the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to educate the public about how climate change is affecting ...
US President Barack Obama was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize this morning.
Obama won "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples," according to the Nobel Committee. Obama is the fourth US President to score a Nobel. The last was Jimmy Carter in ...
Salinas man shot last night
About an hour after a gang prevention meeting in East Salinas, a 24-year-old man was shot twice on the 1200 block of Del Monte Avenue. According to Salinas police, the man was was walking to ...
Thursday, October 8
Jury convicts three Salinas gang members
A jury convicted three Salinas Sureno gang members of kidnapping, robbery, carjacking and other charges after a month-long trial, the Monterey County District Attorney's Office announced today. The charges stem from a Sept. 14, 2007 ...
Still Faithfull
Marianne Faithfull revisits standards in new CD, Big Sur for benefit.
Listening to Marianne Faithfull’s 1964 hit “As Tears Go By” and then her 1979 track “Why’d Ya Do It?” is as bracing as a bucket of ice water in the face. The former is a ...
Hotel California
Hilton Garden Inn lays off workers, draws fire.
T his isn’t your typical bellboy request. About 30 riled-up elected officials, union representatives and hotel workers enter the lobby at Hilton Garden Inn in Monterey and demand a meeting with the manager. The hotel ...
Anti-feminist argument is a dumbed-down debate.
Am I happy? What a stupid question. Do you mean happy as in content? Joyful? Hopeful? Relieved? Counting my blessings? Intent on absorbing work? Depending on your definition – and when you ask me, and ...
Creatures Featured Pt. 1
Eels to Chitons: Exploring the depths of Monterey Bay Aquarium’s story with the help of 25 charismatic residents.
1 Monkey-face eel: Cebidichthys violaceus They proposed an exhibit experts said couldn’t be done – but then again, experts also estimated (rather boldly) that 350,000 people would attend an aquarium located in Monterey in its ...
Never Stale
Deliciously easy ways to do great homemade croutons, crostini and macadamia-encrusted tilapia.
Americans are kings of convenience. We expect things streamlined and neatly packaged. Cheese is not only sold in blocks and wheels, as it is made, but sliced, shredded, crumbled, or breaded, in spreads, strings, and ...
Rank History
A rotten whale helps explain how the Aquarium exploded.
The blood spurted higher than David Packard’s expectations. Intestines flopped like angry elephant trunks. The celebrated “stink” of John Steinbeck’s Cannery Row had nothing on it. “A geyser of putrid blood,” as Monterey Bay Aquarium ...
Creatures Featured Pt. 2
Sharks to Rays: Exploring the depths of Monterey Bay Aquarium’s story with the help of 25 charismatic residents.
6 White shark: Carcharodon carcharias There was yelling. Clapping. Screaming. Some had to sit down to breathe. “Absolutely phenomenal,” says Director of Husbandry Jon Hoech. “The highlight of my career.” Sept. 14, 2004 was history ...
Creatures Featured Pt. 5
Jellies to Barnacles: Exploring the depths of Monterey Bay Aquarium’s story with the help of 25 charismatic residents.
21 Comb jellies: Beroe spp Moon jellies like marine UFOs, egg yolk jellies that inspire soup, Pacific sea nettles with ruffles fabulous enough for Fashion Week: The hypnotic display Drifters has been exhibiting muses for ...
Creatures Featured Pt. 3
Tuna to ROV: Exploring the depths of Monterey Bay Aquarium’s story with the help of 25 charismatic residents.
11 Pacific bluefin tuna: Thunnus orientalis Behold the mighty bluefin. Weighing as much as a cow. Capable of muscle-bound bursts that hit 50mph. Able to roam 18,000 nautical miles in a year. “They’re the Lance ...
¡Ask A Mexican! for Oct 08, 2009
One man's take on his culture's stereotypes
If the pupusa is king in El Salvador, then the country’s tamales fall somewhere between viscount and baron in its culinary peerage: a standard but by no means necessary component. There are great Salvadoran food ...
Inaugural Ball
Carmel Art and Film Festival debuts with rousing slate of films, photos and art.
Robert Redford once said, “Sundance is about storytelling. Storytellers can broaden our minds: engage, provoke, inspire, and ultimately, connect us.” Over the past year, several folks, including John Cooper, director of the Sundance Film Festival, ...
Filthy Funny
A top triple bill lays the dirty laughs on Bankers Casino.
H ilarious things come in threes this Friday at the Bankers Casino in Salinas. Act one is Sebastian Cetina, who’s currently touring with the XXXtreme Comedy Tour, a reality show airing later this year showcasing ...
Unmistaken Child
Born Again: Unmistaken Child offers a peak into Buddhism’s take on reincarnation.
With striking images of Nepal’s remote Tsum Valley and a compelling central character attempting to complete a task that he believes is beyond his abilities, Unmistaken Child, a documentary about a disciple’s search for his ...
The Boys Are Back
Daddy Issues: Loss and redemption addressed in a surprisingly moving drama.
It’s hard to believe we haven’t seen Clive Owen in a movie like this one before. We’re so used to seeing him as tough-guy cops and hardass assassins that it comes as something of a ...
Quick Sand City
Ol’ Factory Cafe vanishes – at least temporarily.
Like “legally drunk,” “airline food” and “good grief,” “Sand City nightlife” was long an entertaining oxymoron. Now, when it finally felt like Morgan Christopher and Ol’ Factory Cafe had changed that, they’re gone. Temporarily, Christopher ...
Rappers Delight
The Fox draws Sean Kingston and Flo Rida to Salinas.
Salinas is gradually becoming the Monterey County Mecca for live hip-hop and rap acts. On Wednesday night, one of the biggest names in the game, the Miami-based Sean Kingston, hits Fox Theater. The 19-year-old Kisean ...
SmokEnders Rolled?
Monterey proposed ban on public puffing delayed.
A discussion about banning smoking in Monterey city parks and on the recreational trail was postponed at the eleventh hour Tuesday night. The council was set to vote on putting the proposal on a future ...
On the Record
KDON’s Savvy is an all-too-rare female DJ with a penchant for independent hip-hop.
James Brown once wailed, “This is a man’s world,” and in most circles, professional and social, that declaration still holds true. But DJ Savvy, the “hostess with the mostess” of 102.5 KDON’s Project Hip-Hop, happens ...
G is for Go
Carmel Valley incorporation campaign hits gas as ballots hit mailboxes.
On a sparkling autumn day in front of Carmel Middle School, two dozen politicians and their allies – outnumbering their audience three-to-one – crammed behind a podium to make yet another pitch for Measure G, ...
Art Listing for Oct 08, 2009
Art Listing for Oct 08, 2009
OPENING THIS WEEK APODACA GALLERY They Bloom in June Gloom: An Appreciation of the Mighty Jacaranda: Artist Johnny Apodaca turns the spotlight for a moment on Bonnie Hawthorne of Los Angeles in a show that ...
Creatures Featured Pt. 4
Cuttlefish to More Sharks!: Exploring the depths of Monterey Bay Aquarium’s story with the help of 25 charismatic residents.
16 Cuttlefish: Sepia Pharaonis They’re more bizarre than cuddly and more squid than fish, with tentacles tapering to a beak under bulging eyes and podlike bodies propelled by what look like undulating dust ruffles. Thanks ...
Art’s Part
The other side of the cultural equation: Full of free fine arts, outside and indoors.
Though the film component of the Carmel Art and Film Festival wields heavyweight names like Oprah Winfrey (executive producer of Precious) and film composer Alan Silvestri, the art and photography portion was conceived first. “We ...
Get Involved
Public Citizen
ONGOING HELP THE NEEDY | MONTEREY COUNTY – Project Homeless Connect, an annual event taking place at Sherwood Hall in Salinas on Oct. 28, is seeking volunteers to provide food and services to homeless people. ...
War and Peace
NPS prof urges more Afghan involvement; protestors say no.
Professor Thomas Johnson gets hate mail for his outspoken criticism of the Afghan war. But the Naval Postgraduate School professor is no peacenik – he’s a member of General Stanley McChrystal’s so-called academic “red cell,” ...
What will be the hardest part to forget about your visit?
Asked in front of the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
HERALD LICKEY | Retiree | Sacramento A: The seahorses and jellyfish are incredible. But it’s a fabulous aquarium. All of the volunteers are so friendly. Bigger Better: I guess I’d like to see a bigger ...
Brezsny's Astrology
Free Will Astrology
Aries (March 21-April 19): The poet Stephen Mallarmé wrote the following in a letter to a friend: “I don’t know which of my internal climates I should explore in order to find you and meet ...
Squid Fry for Oct 08, 2009
Squid Fry for Oct 08, 2009
THE ART OF THE DEAL… Squid doesn’t know where to begin with this Pebble Beach art-heist-turned-possible-hoax. As local media ate up the unbelievable plot – $80 million worth of rare art lifted from an unsecured, ...
Current Takes On Past Reports
Updates
MONTERRA MADNESS…Three Monterey Peninsula investors recently filed suit against Basil and Roger Mills, claiming the Mills brothers tangled their investors in a scheme to buy undeveloped lots at Monterra and then sell the properties back ...
Letters to the Editor for Oct 08, 2009
Canned Goods After reading Kera Abraham’s excellent article, “Flash in the Can (Oct. 1-7),” perhaps a little history is in order. The sardine fishery in Monterey/California was the largest fishery of a single fish in ...
Waist deep in the big muddy—again.
October 2009 has begun with the New York Times reporting that “the president, vice president and an array of cabinet secretaries, intelligence chiefs, generals, diplomats and advisers gathered in a windowless basement room of the ...
Slideshow: Aquarium 25
Magic Staff
Portraits of the legion of volunteers and skilled staff that make MBA splash every day.
A Timeline
1977 Four Hopkins Marine Station biologists propose an aquarium. 1978 Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation formed. 1981 Construction at 880 Cannery Row begins. Oct. 20, 1984 Seven years of efforts culminate in 10,681 visitors passing through ...
Wednesday, October 7
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a First Amendment case that resonates in Monterey County.
The case—Salazar v. Buono—comes one day after the Monterey City Council voted to rebuild the 20-foot Del Monte Beach cross—with one caveat. Community members must raise $50,000 to defend against an almost inevitable constitutional challenge, ...
Ocean's Away
Blue Ocean Film Festival explores moving venue to Monterey County.
Last June saw the launch of the inaugural Blue Ocean Film Festival in Savannah, GA. The five-day festival also served as a symposium and conference for marine biologists, filmmakers, underwater photographers, conservationists, scientists and others, ...
District Attorney drops charges against alleged Seaside PD harasser.
The Monterey County District Attorney's office has dropped the hot potato that's been burning up the Seaside Police Department for the past several months. Lack of evidence means there will be no criminal charges filed ...
The massive wooden cross will rise again on Del Monte Beach—on one condition.
Rebuilding of the cross, which was cut down by vandals in late September, will start if and when private donors can raise $50,000 to defend the city against an almost certain constitutional challenge. The cross, ...
Tuesday, October 6
Heist or Hoax
Sheriff: $80 million art heist a possible hoax
The two victims, Dr. Ralph Kennaugh and Angelo Amadio, who reported the theft at their Pebble Beach home more than a week ago, are now suspects. The possible charges against the two? "At the very ...
Monday, October 5
Seaside's hungry for an In-N-Out Burger.
It already has Burger King, Jack-In-The-Box, Wendy’s, Carl’s Jr., McDonald’s and KFC, but one fast-food joint is still missing from Seaside’s struggling downtown. After rebuffing attempts to build a hotel by Five Rivers Hospitality, Inc., ...
McMillin appointed Salinas deputy chief
Cmdr. Kelly McMillin, Salinas' community safety director, will be appointed to the city's new deputy chief position, Police Chief Louis Fetherolf said today. McMillin will oversee administration and special operations, Fetherolf said. As one of ...
Burn Season
Fort Ord burn creates huge smoke plume
A huge smoke plume is rising from a controlled burn on Fort Ord and drifting toward the Salinas Valley. The burn was reignited this morning to finish clearing a 295-acre parcel about two miles east ...
Saturday, October 3
Monterey County launches recycling program for multi-family residences.
Single-family households in the Monterey Bay area can recycle a majority of their trash--yard waste, plastic, metal, glass and paper are all accepted curbside. But the low recycling rate at Monterey County apartment buildings--less than ...
Friday, October 2
As the eighth anniversary of the war approaches, protesters call on President Obama to bring the troops home.
The Monterey Peace Coalition plans to gather its forces at Windows on the Bay Park this evening to demand an end to the eight year conflict. The protest comes as President Obama and his military ...
At Risk of Closure
@risK art gallery temporarily closes
Normally on nights of First Fridays Art Walk in Salinas, the @risK art gallery hosts edgy exhibits across the railroad tracks from Oldtown. Tonight is the exception. The art gallery, which is operated by Dorothy's ...
PG&E power outage blacks out more than 3,000 Seaside customers this morning.
A traffic director guided vehicles through the busy intersection of Broadway Avenue and Seaside Boulevard this morning. Traffic lights were out there, and along parts of Broadway and Del Monte Boulevard, as Pacific Gas & ...
Thursday, October 1
Nilsen posts property to remain free
David Nilsen, the Monterey broker accused of running a massive Ponzi scheme, posted a $1 million property bond today in San Jose federal court. With his wife signing Angela Nilsen as surety, Cedar Funding's Nilsen ...
Monterra Madness
Investors sue Mills brothers, Chicago Title
Three Monterey Peninsula investors recently filed suit against Basil and Roger Mills, claiming the Mills brothers tangled the investors in a scheme to buy undeveloped lots at Monterra and then sell back the properties back ...
Fill In the Blanks
P.G. City Council appoints two new councilmen.
On Wednesday night, the five remaining members of the Pacific Grove City Council heard from 15 residents offering to fill two vacant council seats. Ultimately, two men with proven records of city involvement were seated: ...
Letters to the Editor for Oct 01, 2009
HOMETOWN PLAN I live in Salinas and I have seen the gang problem continue to make headlines. We have seen lots of attention and visits from federal prosecutors and the state’s gang czar. While good, ...
Zombieland
(Un)dead Funny: Zombies and comedy can’t go wrong.
No spoilers here, but first things first: Zombieland (which had its world premiere during Fantastic Fest) has the single most outrageously entertaining and unexpected celebrity cameo of any film – genre or otherwise – this ...
Kid Rock
Salinas teen rockers August Sky continue to impress – and get even younger.
The members of August Sky may not be old enough to drive, but they are old enough to channel the yodels of Robert Plant. As a result, their afterschool activities don’t include Nintendo Wii; they’re ...
Brezsny's Astrology
Free Will Astrology
Aries (March 21-April 19): Is the electron a wave or a particle? Physicists had to conduct thousands of experiments to arrive at the definitive answer, which is that it’s both. In other words, the solution ...
Intro Course
Monterey Bay Restaurant Week debuts with an impressive roster of restaurants.
Virtual eating out may never become en vogue, but a new promotion, Monterey Bay Restaurant Week, aims to merge online social media with fine dining. More than 22 restaurants are on board for the Oct. ...
Designing Minds
Picky restrictions scuttle CHOMP’s bid for troubled Sand City site.
CHOMP was ready to buy Sand City’s foreclosed Design Center, but the hospital says it recently dropped its offer due to the city’s use restrictions. “The building was designed with pretty specific uses in mind,” ...
What kitchen appliance best describes you?
Asked at Kula Ranch in Marina.
Follow-up: If you were a food dish, what would you be? LIZ SUTHARD | Manager | Salinas A: A whisk. I like to stir things up. Sweet Sensibility: Anything with chocolate. Like chocolate covered strawberries. ...
Food Fight
Wal-Mart politics irk unions, may jeopardize Measure K support.
With Wal-Mart tiptoeing its permit through City Hall to add a second store in Salinas, angry union officials and a city councilwoman are dishing out late-in-the-game blame. The unions say Mayor Dennis Donohue and City ...
Victory over budget cuts is sweet, but problems persist.
“We Won!” shouts the press release from the Pelican Network, the electronic town criers for Big Sur-based Coastal Habitat. “Governor backs down completely. No parks will be closed.” The decision by Governor Schwarzenegger and his ...
Appointment Encore
Pacific Grove City Council reconfigures, with two new members and an acting mayor.
Hollywood is so 2008. Broadway, move over. The Pacific Grove Council Chambers has been the hot venue for political drama this year. At the Sept. 16 council meeting, two weeks after the abrupt resignation of ...
Near East
Pacific Grove author’s new book simmers in Asian culinary wisdom.
The ingredients list for gingered oxtail stew includes broad bean sauce, Shoaxing rice wine and three pounds of oxtail. The grilled beef kebabs – Filipino style – call for kalamansi fruit, lemon-lime soda or beer, ...
Flash in the Can
Sardines make a comeback on Cannery Row.
It can be compared to the revival of fedoras and victory gardens. Suddenly, sardines are awesome again. The slender silver fish – a Depression-era staple that gave way to canned tuna – is making cameos ...
Capitalism: A Love Story
The Awful Truth: Michael Moore is still mad as hell.
Michael Moore grew up believing in the American Dream, the Roman Catholic church, the share-the-wealth New Deal liberalism of Franklin D. Roosevelt, and General Motors. Well, three out of four ain’t bad. GM finally got ...
¡Ask A Mexican! for Oct 01, 2009
One man's take on his culture's stereotypes
SPECIAL, ANNUAL CANADIAN EDITION As a Mexican-American, I’ve lived in St. Louis for about 17 years and have seen a substantial influx of my brethren. Nevertheless, I’m for border security – against the no-good, godless ...
TRAVELING GREEN
Sustainable tourism summit comes to Asilomar.
There’s money to be made in eco-friendly tourism. And California wants a piece of the organic pie. This Thursday, the state Travel & Tourism Commission hosts the inaugural California Sustainable Tourism Summit at Asilomar Conference ...
This week on montereycountyweekly.com
Updates
Rancho’s Half-Off Sale…It’s been more than a year since home prices dipped below half their former values in Marina, Seaside and Salinas, but—in line with realtor predictions—higher-end properties have been slower to sag. Now we’re ...
Hot Like Lava
The Hot Toddies take their smokin’ show to Jose’s and Fernwood.
When The Hot Toddies performed at Jose’s this past May, it was hard to know where to look. Onstage, the quartet of fetching females was decked out in elegant dresses as if they had prom ...
Strawberry Complex
Methyl iodide safety debate gasps on.
Residents of Moss Landing Heights used to peacefully coexist with the artichoke farm across the street from their subdivision. The occasional dust and noise was a small price to pay to live in such a ...
Yum Summary
Big Sur Food&Wine, Harvest highlights, and sad news.
Pfeiffer State Park. Bixby Bridge. Salmon Creek Falls. Dungeness crab-stuffed Monterey Bay squid. If the food powers of Big Sur have their way, the above sequence won’t seem to swerve like Highway 1. And realistically, ...
In Grape Demand
Gary Franscioni’s small output burnishes Santa Lucia’s name in a big way.
Just because you have the cash to shell out $4,000 for a ton of them – about $1,500 more than grapes from nearby vineyards – doesn’t mean you can get Pinot Noir grapes from Gary ...
Waxing Magic
Understanding the spells of one ROTA Psychic Fair participant.
Liane Langford knows more about you than you’d probably like to admit. “I’m known for being very accurate and having a great sense of Tarot,” she says. “They call me the Julia Roberts of Tarot.” ...
Pig Feet Tom Yum, Guts With Vegetable and Ribs for Jesus
Surreal foodstuffs plucked from sidewalks, strip malls and other surprising places.
The meek might inherit the Earth, but in the meantime, the brave will eat better. The reason is simple: It’s the daring who discover a deeper and more diverse roster of enjoyable foods, cultures and ...
Squid Fry for Oct 01, 2009
Squid Fry for Oct 01, 2009
CENTENNIAL CRACK-UP… Squid always knew that Salinas’ right-wing crackpot Joe Vierra was several greens short of a salad. Vierra gives pejorative rants at City Council meetings, displays anti-abortion bumper stickers and Squid even spied him ...
Jazz: All That
The Meek, Mendenhall, Edmundson Trio drop top tunes on P.G. for free.
“I feel like I’m stealing, getting to see these guy for free,” says a member of the crowd at Woody’s Bayview Grill. “They should be playing somewhere like the Greek Theater.” The man’s got a ...
Oven Fresh
The Baker’s Wife has the Western Stage’s tight cast cooking.
Joseph Stein wrote the book and Stephen Schwartz wrote the lyrics and music to The Baker’s Wife, in many ways an archetypal Broadway musical – only the financially plagued 1976 work never made it to ...
Public Citizen for Oct 01, 2009
Public Citizen
THURSDAY 10|1 CAMPAIGN KICKOFF | SALINAS—Assemblywoman Anna Caballero launches her candidacy for the Senate District 12 seat. 5pm. Fox Theater, 241 Main St., Salinas. 422-6464. FRIDAY 10|2 SENIOR HOUSING | CARMEL—The Carmel Foundation presents a ...
Art Listing for Oct 01, 2009
Art Listing for Oct 01, 2009
OPENING THIS WEEK Alternative Café Works by Carmel High graduates and esteemed artists Michael Bullas and Genevieve Roland Smith on exhibit through November 9. Bullas’ vibrant and colorful style appears alongside Smith’s pieces highlighting beauty ...
