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The beautiful woman with impeccable posture stands in the expansive bedroom of her soon-to-be-former Pasadera home. She wears a silvery tank dress; wavy blonde hair cascades down her shoulders and a pile of clothes sits on the floor in front of her. She’s cleaning up so she can clear out and…
LUNAFEST is a festival of short films written and di…
After listening to Frances Quinlan’s debut solo albu…
Steve McShane began his Super Tuesday early, awake i…
The photos look like a Worst Of series showing bad teeth and bad dentistry: teeth broken or rotten, destroyed dentures, a mouth with worn gums and a couple of jagged teeth, or no teeth at all. They belong to faces that seem to be hesitantly smiling, lips up, perhaps trying to cover up the damage.
Pitmaster Gary Nana had been up all night tending to…
It was too early to celebrate at the Bayonet & B…
When John Koza moved to Monterey County in 1989, he …
Follow-up: Which wedding tradition should go away?
If you don’t like the weather in Monterey, just wait…
WHO’S IN TOWN?You see a glass of wine, maybe you think of highbrow pairings or a fancy restaurant. Some people think of how to stop pests in the vineyard that grew the grapes that were made into that wine. Some of those people are in town this week for the Central Coast Winegrape Seminar, br…
Oh, before smartphones and Instagram, there were inf…
It happens Thursday, March 19, the moment the sun cr…
For years now, the classical music world has implored its artists to find a way to reach out to a new and younger generation of listeners in order to secure a future audience. Performing compositions that were written sometimes hundreds of years ago doesn’t always appeal to new generations f…
Adam Bolaños Scow built momentum with an environment…
In proximity to International Women’s Day, Middlebur…
In the fall of 2019, eight residents of Hidden Canyo…
That people locally are worried about the coronaviru…
On June 12, it will be 22 years since Christina Will…
Rosine’s Restaurant opened in 1980. By anyone’s count, that makes 2020 an anniversary year for the popular downtown Monterey restaurant. Jim and Rosine Culcasi opened 40 years ago this coming October, enlisting their children to help out. It’s the only job Jim Culcasi Jr. – who took over aft…
The newly-released 2018 Zinfandel from Boekenoogen h…
Donald Trump lies, all the time, about everything. Right-wing media and congressional Republicans back him up on these lies. A lot of his supporters simply don’t care if he lies. They view his lying as fair game, because it’s in service of sticking it to the liberals. If they can claim big w…
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Progress rarely unfolds i…