Recent Stories
Cliff jumpers find a daredevil's paradise in Monterey County's swimming holes.
OutsideTwo deep breaths. A three-count. And I step into oblivion. When you''re falling, even from 45 feet up, there''s not much time to think. My thought pattern goes something like this: first I get an ...
Playing softball with the natives of a country called Big Sur.
Members of the Wrecking Crew hard at play and hard at rest. Below, Socko League veteran Leo Foster takes a break from the Over the Hill Gang''s season schedule. 831 -- Tales from the Area ...
Two Big Sur surfers immerse themselves in the craft of board shaping.
831 -- Tales from the Area Code Winter in Big Sur brings rain, lots of it, and the people living on that 90-mile stretch of coast must deal with long days spent indoors. Many give ...
The Big Sur Natives spin a primal fantasy out of pulsing rhythms and hypnotic dancing.
831 -- Tales from the Area CodeImagine a couple passing through Big Sur on their way from San Francisco to L.A., driving past parched yellow grasslands that give way to dark, dank redwoods lining the ...
The local music scene is hobbled by a lack of all-ages, indie-music venues. Will a phoenix rise from the ashes of our area's underground scene?
If there is ever going to be a legitimate, thriving music "scene" in Monterey County, it has to include all-ages shows. There has to be some place for young bands to get their first experiences, ...
That pretty Oaxacan bowl from the corner store might look nice on the table, but think twice before ladling dinner out of it.
Seaside is, without a doubt, one of the best places to find Mexican food in Monterey County. And some of the best Mexican food is from Oaxaca, a harshly beautiful state in southwest Mexico with ...
Legendary Canned Heat continues to tend the blues' fires of creation.
Not many music groups can survive for 30 years. The Grateful Dead did. The Rolling Stones have (sort of). And legendary blues band Canned Heat has too, keeping it together through gritty tours and the ...
Jazz is alive and well and living in Big Sur.
Jazz is not dead. Despite the critics'' insistence to the contrary, it is very much alive. It lives in the group improvisation of jam bands, in the twisted fury of avant-progressive punks, in the discordant ...
How fish farming in the Blue Revolution, done properly, will feed the world.
Dr. Rosamond Naylor is convinced that aquaculture can help save the world--or perhaps destroy it. It all depends. Naylor is a Pew Marine Fellow at Stanford University specializing in issues of food security, or how ...
Big-time birder Craig Hohenberger discovers diversity and otherworldly highs in fleeting down-to-earth moments.
831 -- Tales from the Area CodeIt''s a quiet day on top of the world. Snow from the winter still covers the tundra, but the ponds have thawed and spring is about to break. This ...
