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While Wailers guitarist Al Anderson insists that the legendary reggae outfit he plays in is an “anti-political band,” he clearly has opinions about the candidates for president.
Things could get ugly. We’re sinking deeper into a r…
John Walter Hawthorne was, in the eyes of many, a dedicated teacher who helped migrant farmworkers’ children learn English and transition into Salinas schools. But Hawthorne, a Soquel resident, harbored a deep and twisted obsession for his female students, according to prosecutors. He abused…
In 1960, the coolest cats in the entertainment biz g…
The 60-year-old Bath House perches on some of Pacifi…
Countrywide Financial Corporation will offer hundred…
Behold the power of Spike Lee to get under people’s skin! By some unaccountable phenomena, Clint Eastwood’s Changeling resembles a Spike Lee movie. It starts with a simple premise: Single mother Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie) asks police to find her pre-teen son gone missing in 1928 Los …
Vince Gill isn’t cool because he’s a country music s…
On a Wednesday night in an apartment above Holman Je…
Ever since his power-pop masterpiece, Girlfriend, in 1991, rocker Matthew Sweet has suffered– perhaps unjustly– from perennial comparisons to that landmark album. On the other hand, many of us who love the melodic melancholy of that recording still yearn for Sweet to make a record that matches it.
If you’re Kevin Smith, you’ve got to be looking at J…
Wizened reptiles, some weighing more than half a ton, have swum across the Pacific Ocean just to dine in Monterey Bay.
On Naomi Klein’s schizophrenic indictment of economi…
O n Sunday, Oct. 19, a miracle occurred in Salinas. …
Cutesy monsters, art made from fire, an entire venue transformed into a work of art itself and large-scale oils that evoke Barbarella, only better. With so many powerful draws materializing at local art shows this weekend, the best strategy to enjoy the whole bag of creative substances and t…
Unless you’ve been sharing a shell with a hermit cra…
Pizza the way Nana made it. New York Italian meats– …
uring business hours, Monterey’s Stokes Restaurant and Bar gives off a warm glow, due in part to its amiable staff, delectable locally sown food and inviting atmosphere. But once the restaurant’s diners and bar patrons drift into the chilly Monterey night, the 185-year-old building takes on …
When I was 12, a friend received a two-line stunt ki…
