Issue Archive
In a representative government like ours, you get to elect people who will represent you at various levels of government. And California is one of 26 states that also provides opportunities – more than two dozen of them for Monterey County voters this Nov. 8 – to change laws and approve taxe…
Classical guitarist Flavio Sala has performed hundre…
Standing on the sidelines at NFL football games as a…
In his Pacific Grove bedroom, with an American flag …
Into a volatile climate of police abuse and shootings, divisive political attacks, and George Zimmerman’s acquittal for killing 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, the Black Lives Matter movement was born.
The Salinas Valley is home to thousands of acres of …
I went to a part of the Watsonville Film Festival. The part where they showed the Oscar-nominated animated, wordless, musical Brazilian film Boy and the World, about urban development, globalization, collectivism, labor and a boy who navigates all this to find his family again. And it was a …
Directed by Nate Parker • Starring Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Mark Boone Junior • Rated R • 120 min.
Bruce Kunkel and Rob Harris have a unique interpretation of the music industry that is in part influenced by the tech industry.
Monterey County is a diverse region with 25 K-12 sch…
Say you could buy your power from some entity other than PG&E, the investor-owned utility that puts shareholder returns ahead of its customers…
Middlebury Institute of International Studies, 453 Van Buren St., Monterey. 647-6417, www.miis.edu.
Harrison Memorial Library joins hundreds of librarie…
After careful consideration, I will be voting yes on Measure Z, to “Protect Our Water: Ban Fracking and Limit Risky Oil Operations.” I strongly encourage your yes vote as well…
WORDS WITH TREES… Squid knows a good time when Squid sees one, so Squid oozed down to the Oldemeyer Center Sept. 29 to bear witness to the firstSeaside City Council meeting about Monterey Downs since the project’s final environmental impact report was released in late July.
Certain enlightened types like to talk about “mindfu…
ARIES (March 21-April 19): At a recent party, a guy I hardly know questioned my authenticity. “You seem to have had an easy life,” he jabbed. “I bet you haven’t suffered enough to be a truly passionate person.” I didn’t choose to engage him, but mused to myself, “Not enough suffering? What a…
