Issue Archive
Before the Brady Bunch, there was the Beardsley bunch. Instead of six kids stuffing a house in a Los Angeles suburb, it was 20 in Carmel. And it was a true story.
As time went by, the combination of our two large fa…
urple sea urchins are fundamental to the health of Monterey’s kelp forests. Unfortunately, scientists think they may also be a loser to climate change. Increased carbon in the atmosphere is causing the ocean to become more acidic, and sea urchin larvae may not be able to form their skeletons…
I got into a Facebook argument (I know – arguing on …
Imagine a street bereft of smoke-spewing cars and ho…
Comedian Rudy Martinez’ accompanied his new bride to the doctor for a biopsy after learning she had cervical cancer. Martinez sat by her side during an invasive procedure and noticed tears in his wife’s eyes, which made him cry.
Michael Glines’ one-year stay in Shinchon-Dong, Seou…
The details of the love triangle and the drugs are a…
Long ago, in a mysterious California suburb, a young…
In thrilling fashion, Storm Surfers documents the legendary storm swells of the Southern Ocean over one Australian winter, as two middle-age surfers test whether they still have the right stuff to surf the biggest waves. The result is an electrifying spectacle of wave, water and man, as well…
Logging in one of the world’s most iconic landscapes…
Asked at the Old Monterey Farmers Market.
Monterey’s Bob Langley is 45, born and raised in Nashville, a service concierge at a foreign car dealership, and has never been to the Carmel Bach Festival. He’s the kind of newcomer the festival wants to court.
At any given moment, Shiho Fukushima can go from a b…
Shelly Schachter doesn’t care to drive at night or i…
John Russo stops our tour of his Carmel Valley lavender farm and apiary. He points to a very weathered wooden chair overlooking a hillside and says he used to sit there and unwind from the frantic pace of working in Silicon Valley.
