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Dave Eggers is a writer’s writer. He’s a reader’s writer. He’s one of the most consequential cultural figures of this millennium, and a hub of remarkably creative projects that, at their core, revere writing. And he’s been furiously productive as the source of a deluge of cool content rich i…
Police work happens on dark street corners, and it a…
Long in need of a restroom of any kind, Monterey’s Simoneau Plaza – downtown’s transit hub and central hangout – is soon to get a special kind, one with its own Facebook page and blog. It’s even been voted the best public restroom in Canada, which has three of them.
Julia Reynolds has a lot of accolades that can go in…
WAR and Cheech and Chong go together like a joint an…
The Young Presidents have only one promo photo remaining (see above). It dates back to the early ’80s. But when guitarist Jason Slate looks at the mountain of feathered hair, mullets and Huey Lewis-meets-Miami Vice get-up, he’s taken back to a bygone era on the Peninsula, when live music was…
When reggae-rock-hip-hop outfit Atomixx formed earli…
Shrek seems a natural choice for the Broadway treatm…
A few things you should know about local labor, and labor in general, as we “celebrate” Labor Day in Monterey County…
Pierce Brosnan has spent the last couple of years in rom-com land, but he makes a return to badassery with his dashing-but-dark role in the spy thriller The November Man. It’s a tense film with almost enough plot to merit its nearly two hour screen time, and enough action to satisfy your des…
This month, the U.S. military announced the Air Forc…
Palo Corona Regional Park is both a throwback and a …
Monterey Bay jurisdictions have been snapping up bag…
Follow-up: Do you prefer e-books, paper books or audio books, and why?
>> Monterey County Pops! is the county’s orche…
RULES OF ENRAGEMENT… Squid loves it when elections g…
The co-owner/exec chef is stranded overseas, the per…
Night crawls over Del Monte Beach. The chatter of to…
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the coming weeks it will be important for you to bestow blessings and disseminate gifts and dole out helpful feedback. Maybe you already do a pretty good job at all that, but I urge you to go even further. Through acts of will and surges of compassion, you can a…
