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As with any toxic relationship, the possibility of a breakup sparks feelings of terror – and maybe a little bit of a relief.
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and Kinks co-founder Dav…
On Dec. 12, about 100 veterans gathered for a town h…
Cartoonist Alison Bechdel was already ascending in t…
When I first moved to Monterey a year and a half ago, it only took a few weeks of exploring before I realized I’m now neighbors with the “artichoke capital of the world,” or at least that’s what the sign says in Castroville. A mystery vegetable to me, I had tried to cook one many years befor…
The recent retiree reflects on what it meant to become the country’s first Vietnamese-American library director.
The renovated Monterey Conference Center opened to b…
Monterey Peninsula Unified School District is home to some of the oldest schools on the Peninsula; its “newest” schools were established in the 1960s. “The bones of our schools are very old,” Superintendent PK Diffenbaugh says. He estimates fixing all of MPUSD’s aging infrastructure would co…
Illegal dumping of trash on rural roads is a growing…
With seawater intrusion advancing in the lower Salin…
Directed by Ryan Coogler • Starring Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o • Rated PG-13 • 134 min.
While most classical aficionados point to Mozart as the ultimate child prodigy, a persuasive case can be made for injecting French composer, organist, conductor and pianist Camille Saint-Saëns into the conversation. The Romantic-era composer displayed perfect pitch and was picking out melodi…
The Contraptionists recently released a quartet of d…
THIRD TIMER… Squid fondly remembers a commercial featuring cartoon characters determining how many licks it takes to eat a Tootsie Pop. “One, two (crunch!) three,” says Mr. Owl, going straight into munching.
The Monterey County District Attorney is investigati…
There’s a lot going on with Anthony Vitacca’s bevera…
On Saturday, Feb. 17, Salt Wood Kitchen & Oysterette (3295 Dunes Drive, Marina, 883-5535) will debut its hotly anticipated brunch service, available 10:30am-2:30pm Saturday-Sunday. Look for chicken and waffles ($18), duck confit hash ($17), bourbon-glazed monkey bread ($9) and boozy brun…
ARIES (March 21-April 19): At 12,388 feet, Mount Fuj…
Collectivize Monterey County was founded as a Facebo…