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Sexy Small
Quail Moto enters its fifth year with new tweaks on classic bikes.
Somebody invited a moped guy to the motorcycle party. But the vehicle he’ll share with audiences is as anticipated as any coming for the fifth annual Quail Motorcycle Gathering, a celebration of motorcycling heritage and ...
The Big Bang
Advocates say firearms legislation in California misses the mark on proper gun control.
Chris Gillespie, owner of Markley’s Indoor Range and Gun Shop in Watsonville, jokes that buying a gun in California is like buying a house or a car because of all the paperwork. In reality, buying ...
Packing Heat
Want to legally carry a concealed weapon in Monterey County? Be prepared for a long application process, and a very long wait.
“I wish he had never pulled a gun.” That’s the only thing Phil Nash would change about the evening he shot a man in self-defense. In April 2001, Nash, then an officer with Carmel Police ...
Licking the Habit
George Krieger started one of the best stamp collections in the world out of boredom.
As a 7-year-old boy in Queens, George Krieger traveled to Africa without leaving his house. Or at least he felt like he did when his uncle, who worked in the coffee-and-tea industry, would bring Krieger ...
HOME AND GARDEN 2013 - Everything Zen
Three Seaside residents take the unconventional approach to their yards.
Frog Days Of Summer “I’m a frog addict,” claims Pauline Burton. “And the (plastic lawn) flamingos bring out the color of the grass.’ Burton has lived at her home on Juarez Street near the top ...
Lore
Children of War: Lore tells the tale of a fallen Nazi’s children, and their secret journey to find a home.
If she keeps making films like the German-language Lore, director Cate Shortland (Somersault, starring Abbie Cornish), should be remembered quite well in the emotional-portrait filmmaking world. In her sophomore effort, Shortland brings the story to ...
Enter the Vampire
Behind the mythos of the cowboy window washer with a beard.
Thomas Skeens’ signature look – a tattered and weathered cowboy hat adorned with tons of feathers and doodads – is so classic around Monterey County he got picked as an extra in a Clint Eastwood ...
Make it Snappy
Monterey County offered up a wide range of emotions in 2012.
Whenever someone says Monterey County is boring, I laugh. There was a lot to see in the county last year. Photo Gallery 2012 Photos of the Year - News and Feature On the fun side, ...
Seriously, I’m Santa
Pagrovian carpenter visits Monterey Bay Christmas events by way of the North Pole.
At a certain age, many men dye their gray hair a younger-looking color. But Vern Brischke does the opposite: He dyes his reddish-brown hair gray and silver. For the last four years, Brischke has added ...
Hard Pressed
A young entrepreneur and an old printer make a statement that looks and feels timeless.
With a loud, rhythmic, mechanical kathunk!, Alissa Bell’s nearly century-old printing press chugs into action. The rich and sweet smell of fresh black ink fills her studio, which occupies part of a metal hangar-type building ...
