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ON A SUNNY WEEKEND IN JULY, A GROUP OF MIDDLE-AGED FRIENDS FROM CENTRAL CALIFORNIA RENTED KAYAKS AT LOVERS POINT. SOON AFTER DEPARTING FROM THE BEACH, ONE OF THE MEN HAD TO PEE. Since they were coming up on another small beach nearby, the man decided to paddle over, beach his kayak, unzip, a…
Iceberg lettuce got its name in Salinas. It was the …
These passages are excerpted from a story that was o…
Perhaps no one was looking forward to the fight more…
The human tongue, Samuel Zuniga says, has 5,000 tastebuds. And that’s about right – the tongue has between 2,000 and 8,000 of the hairy little organs that die out and are replaced with new ones about every two weeks, transmitting sweet, sour, bitter or salty flavors to the brain.
Marina was shrouded in a dense and chilly fog late M…
The harassment has been going on for months, Carmel …
Highway 156 is a crucial thoroughfare for thousands …
The concept of a sitting break is different depending on your job situation. If you’re in a 9-5 office setting – even if that office is your kitchen table for now – it’s a break from sitting. If you’re on your feet all day, it means to take a break by sitting. If you’re part of the former gr…
In one classroom, the teacher is talking to her four…
Walking into the Monterey County Board of Supervisor…
McSHANIAC RISING… Saltwater in an open wound hurts cephalopods as much as it hurts humans. Squid knows, because Squid is still recovering from the papercuts received when a pile of campaign literature fell on Squid, nearly crushing a tentacle. Squid had vowed to be more cautious when opening…
It’s the spooky season, and every year around this t…
The NAACP is the oldest, largest and most widely recognized civil rights organization in the United States. We are nonpartisan, and we do not endorse candidates for political office at any level. That being said, when the Monterey County Weekly’s editorial board endorsed and applauded a Seas…
Aries chanteuse Billie Holiday. She wasn’t suggestin…
