2010 First Tee Open
Ted Schulz wins his first championship in nearly 20 years on a sunny Sunday.
As the cloud cover cleared over Pebble Beach Golf Links, Ted Schulz finished off a nice weekend and his first championship win since 1991. The weekend also marked his first Champions Tour win with a ...
2010 First Tee Open
Pros and amateurs enjoy a cloudy Saturday at Pebble Beach.
Even under the fog, Ted Schulz had to smile about his nine birdies and leading the second day of the First Tee Open at 12 under par. Stay tuned for images from Sunday's final round. ...
Rossi to Red
The Italian MotoGP star Valentino Rossi will ride for the Italian Ducati factory team in 2011.
Motorcycle racing fans on the Monterey Peninsula will not see Valentino Rossi race in the Yamaha color scheme next year at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Following Sunday's race at Brno in the Czech Republic, Rossi ...
2010 Monterey Car Week
Photos and video from all the cool and classic colors of car week on the Monterey Peninsula.
It was a wild weekend for car fanatics. For one, Bugatti made a world premier of their new Veyron 16.4 Super Sport; the same model that set the land-speed record at 258 miles-per-hour. Car collectors ...
Faster Pace
Jorge Lorenzo wins his sixth Grand Prix of the MotoGP season at Laguna Seca.
Jorge Lorenzo was the fastest man on a bike all weekend and brought that feeling into race day, winning after qualifying in the front spot on Saturday. This marks Lorenzo's sixth GP win in the ...
Big Lead
Jorge Lorenzo wins fifth consecutive first position for Sunday's race.
The Fiat Yamaha rider and World Championship leader is starting in first position on the grid during Sunday's premier class race. Jorge Lorenzo battled hard with Marlboro Ducati's Casey Stoner, overtaking his fastest lap in ...
Fast Pace
Casey Stoner tops the time sheets after Friday's first practice session.
The Australian currently holds the track record for fastest lap time and won both the United States Moto GP and the World Championship in 2007, so it is no surprise that Ducati's Casey Stoner had ...
Local Podium
Hawk Mazzotta places second in the Monterey Challenge at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
Hawk Mazzotta battled from fifth place on the starting grid with a few nice attack moves to take second in the 10-lap race. His best lap on the Yamaha R1—at 1 minute, 30-second—put his just ...
Turning Points
Motorcycle champions discuss the curves MotoGP racers will face at Mazda Laguna Seca.
When the premiere class of world championship motorcycle racing returned to the United States in 2005, Marco Melandri said the twisty track of Laguna Seca was far too dangerous for the 990cc 4-stroke race machines. ...
GO!
Valentino Rossi on schedule to race at Laguna Seca following a broken leg six 6 weeks ago.
Next weekend, local motorcycle race fans will be treated to the second-race return of one of the best riders in the history of the sport: Valentino Rossi. Rossi—a nine-time world champion—will ride this weekend in ...
Load of Bull
The 10th annual Professional Bull Riding kicks off big rodeo action at the California Rodeo Salinas.
Eight seconds is a good ride and handful of riders did just that. A few riders also failed at that too and hit the ground. Hard. View more photos at the Weekly's photo blog. View ...
No Easy Ride
Cowboys take hard spills on bulls and horses Friday night at the California Rodeo Salinas.
One thing is for sure: there is no easy way off one of these animals. Cowboys get tossed and thrown during the wild rides on bucking bulls and horses. It is just how the sport ...
Crunchy Credit
Farmers markets grow with electronic food stamps.
Everyone’s Harvest takes its name seriously: Since the Marina-based nonprofit began running local farmers markets, it has allowed low-income people to use electronic benefit transfer cards (EBTs) – the modern version of federal food stamps ...
Taking a Village
Salinas needs a community effort to stop gang violence, activists and police agree.
Halfway through the year, Salinas has tallied up a small fraction of last year’s record-breaking homicide count.June 20 marked the city’s third murder of this year, in what passes for good news in the troubled ...
2010 Monterey Bay Blues Festival
Backstage with Candye Kane on the final day of blues.
Adult-film-star-turned-blues-singer Candye Kane represented what she called the "curvy white girl contingency" at the Monterey Bay Blues Festival, which celebrated its 25th year this past weekend. Kane's set filled out the last of the main ...
2010 Monterey Bay Blues Festival - Saturday
Soulful croons and sharp rhythm heat up a cloudy day during the Monterey Bay Blues Festival.
With a tuft of white hair on his chin and a completely bald head, Artwork Jamal sat on a chair during his second set of the day and belted out some super deep vocals. Later ...
2010 Monterey Bay Blues Festival
25 years of blues kicks off at the Fairgrounds.
Croons, colorful outfits and a whole lotta soul hit the stages of the opening night during the 2010 Monterey Bay Blues Festival, which celebrates its 25th year at the Monterey Fairgrounds. See a full schedule ...
Bob Dylan to play on the Central Coast.
The Monterey Fairgrounds has 7,000 seats and that is how many tickets will go on sale for Bob Dylan's show on August 21. Starting his nation-wide tour, Dylan will perform the music generations have connected ...
Friendly Rock
Photos and video from Woodsist Fest at Henry Miller Library in Big Sur.
Lots of flannel, beards and indie-rock music filled Henry Miller Library in Big Sur on Saturday during the all-day Woodsist Fest put on by FolkYEAH! presents. Rock quartet Real Estate finished up a night under ...
Cattle Call
Lou Calcagno wins a fourth term as District 2 supervisor.
As friends and family walk into the Whole Enchilada in Moss Landing, Lou Calcagno welcomes each group with a hug or a handshake. “Get in line for food – there is plenty for everyone,” Calcagno ...
2010 American Series Le Mans
Photos, video and favorite shooting spots from a full weekend at Laguna Seca.
The 6-hour endurance race was won in the GT (grand touring) class by a mere 0.3 seconds by the Flying Lizard Motorsports team. Overall race winning team, Patrón Highcroft Racing, took their second consecutive victory ...
2010 American Series Le Mans
Patrón Highcroft Racing wins their second consecutive victory.
The six-hours endurance race that ended under a dark, night sky, was won by 0.3 seconds. Patrón Highcroft Racing took their second straight victory of the season during Saturday's headline race at Mazda Raceway Laguna ...
2010 American Series Le Mans
The first half of Saturday's Le Mans heats up.
Three hours to go with a few crashes, spin outs and fast laps. Full photo coverages and winner times to come at the Monterey County Weekly photo blog.
On Track
News and notes from qualifying rounds during the American Le Mans Monterey.
It was a day of firsts as Mazda took its first pole position thanks to driver Guy Smith with a time of 1:12.338 during American Le Mans Monterey qualifying at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. It ...
Hot Corners
MX5 action and the lengthy Le Mans lead the weekend’s excitement at Seca’s sharp turns.
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, one of the shortest race tracks in the country that doesn’t star go-karts, stuffs so many turns and so few straightaways into its tiny 2.2 miles that it rattles the nerves ...
A ‘Barbarian Librarian’
Monterey bookkeeper joins the rollicking (and growing) local roller derby circuit.
Like all librarians, Kim Smith hits the books. Unlike other bookworms, she hits other things too. Like other women. While flying around on roller skates. “The power of being able to knock someone over appealed ...
Moving Education
MPUSD administrators explain recent teacher transfers to the school board and a concerned public.
"Most of all, I am a teacher!" - a Seaside teacher. "Are we fixing the right problem?" - a concerned parent. "Have you done everything you can to fix the problem? Maybe you are the ...
School is Out
Monterey High School students protest teacher transfers.
During their lunch break, over a thousand Monterey High School students took a detour off campus and voiced their displeasure of school officials potentially redistricting their favorite teachers to Seaside High School. At noon, students ...
Skinless Argument
PETA members protest on Cannery Row.
On a sunny Friday afternoon on Cannery Row, tourists out for lunch got an unexpected eyeful when PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) member Christina Cho donned body paint and tights to make ...
Multimedia
Cachagua's Grant Ridson tells of roping a sheriff's deputy in an audio slideshow on the Weekly's photo blog.
With his trademark slur and storytelling theatrics, Grant Risdon tells the story he has told so often: how he ended up in a coma after roping a sheriff's deputy from his horse. Check out the ...
Coastal Run
Photos from the 25th Big Sur International Marathon in the Weekly's photo blog.
Runners from all over launched from Big Sur Station at 6:45am for the start of the 25th annual Big Sur International Marathon. View photos from staff photographer Nic Coury at the photo blog: http://mcweekly-photoblog.blogspot.com/
2010 Sea Otter Classic
Photos from Sea Otter Classic all weekend long.
Weekly photographer Nic Coury will be blogging all weeked from Laguna Seca for the 20th Sea Otter Classic. Photo Blog: http://mcweekly.com/photoblog Twitter Feed: http://twitter.com/photographNic Visit Sea Otter Classic online for a full of races and ...
Teemed Up
That Evening Sun director Scott Teems speaks at the Osio.
That Evening Sun is a classic Southern Gothic tale of two men fighting over land and personal ownership. The film was shot just outside of Knoxville, TN and the director, Scott Teems, is from the ...
Red’s Dawns
The Monterey-Seaside down-home donut dynasty turns 60.
Red’s Donuts owner Matthew O’Donnell got a call a few months ago from a woman asking if he would ship a dozen coconut-sprinkled donuts to Detroit for her brother’s 60th birthday. The woman explained he ...
2010 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro Am
Dustin Johnson wins his second Pro Am in two years.
Going into the back 9 at Pebble Beach, Paul Goydos and Dustin Johnson were deadlocked for first: both players a few strokes ahead of the next place pros. That was until the 14th green when ...
2010 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro Am
Following pro Phil Mickelson on the front nine at Pebble Beach.
Phil Mickelson is very serious about golf. "Lefty" gives a quiet "thanks" back to supportive fans and rarely smiles on the course. He's also a very good golfer and for some reason, one of my ...
2010 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am
Celebrities take on the back 9 at Spyglass Hills on day two of play.
Staff photographer Nic Coury followed celebrities at they made their way through the wet grass on the back 9 at Spyglass Hills. View more photos at the Monterey County Weekly photo blog.
Reggie's Game
Mr. October talks about the game he loved, his father and steroid use in the majors.
"Somtimes you gotta just let a hungry dog eat!" This was baseball Hall-of-Famer slugger Reggie Jackson's answer to a young fan's question on what it feels like to get a good pitch. The first good ...
Carmel Valley Coffee Roasting Company
Coffee, Reconsidered: A homegrown Carmel company takes its java game in interesting directions.
Numbers offer a rich whiff of Carmel Valley Coffee Roasting Company’s success. On average, 1,500 customers visit one of CVCRC’s four locations daily. Director of Coffee and Tea Tina Muia roasts about 1.75 tons of ...
Faces and places
A view of 2009 in Monterey County through the lens of staff photographer Nic Coury.
Watch Video It was a year of hope, marked by the election of a new president, and of despair, as crime continued to stalk Salinas and the ravages of the recession took their toll. The ...
ABA Basketball
California Sea Kings play their first home game of the season.
It was a rainy Sunday evening in Salinas, but inside Hartnell College's gym, semi-pro basketball heated up the floor. The California Sea Kings, a team in the American Basketball Association (A.B.A.), played their first home ...
Moore to Love
A dance tribute for the Queen of Cannery Row keeps her spirit alive.
Shaking hips, colorful scarves and long-time friends came together to pay tribute to Kalisa Moore, the "Queen of Cannery Row" on Sunday evening at the Paperwing Theatre in Monterey. "Kalisa was always bringing people together," ...
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. ...
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 ...
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
Slideshow: Aquarium 25
Magic Staff
Portraits of the legion of volunteers and skilled staff that make MBA splash every day.
