Issue Archive
1. Memory loss that disrupts daily life. One of the most common signs of Alzheimer’s, especially in the early stages, is forgetting recently learned information. Others include forgetting important dates or events or asking for the same information over and over. What’s typical? Sometimes fo…
It was one of the best worst tunebugs of the ’80s, f…
Magnolia Zarraga hadn’t had health coverage since gr…
There’s no denying the Golden State Theatre’s aesthe…
Judge allows oil test well near Pinnacles; lawyer says fracking is already happening, just not here.
Oil executive Armen Nahabedian isn’t inclined to take environmental groups seriously. “If they want to go live in a cave and take their life back to a third-world means and be righteous, then I’ll salute them,” he says.
Photographer Yousuf Karsh’s career absolutely soared…
As scores of shorebirds skitter across the wet sand,…
In 1988, Bruce Haley, then a Central Valley cop and …
George Millar is about to catch a flight to San Dieg…
We see in last week’s Weekly that there will be several judicial races in 2014 (“After 20 years on the bench, Judge Kay Kingsley to retire; endorses Commissioner Heidi Whilden,” Jan. 16-22 and “Deputy DA Steve Somers aims for third vacated bench seat on Superior Court,” posted Jan. 22”).
Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed education budget for the…
A possum saved Robert Jurado’s life.
Search the phrase “sharing economy” on Twitter, and dozens upon dozens of results pop up. Oakland-based journalist/illustrator Susie Cagle, asked how she would explain the sharing economy to her grandmother, tweets: “It’s an under-regulated economy backed by venture capital and promoting precarious work.”
Follow-up: What’s your version of an ideal way to spend some free time?
The other day, Monterey resident, King City native a…
Like all penguins that live at Monterey Bay Aquarium, Durban is a jackass. A jackass penguin, to be fair, the common name given to African blackfooted penguins on account of the distinct, donkey-like noise they make.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): On my 15th birthday, I fi…
