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Burning Question: Who would win the culinary big game, Philadelphia or Kansas City?
Eat + Drink

Burning Question: Who would win the culinary big game, Philadelphia or Kansas City?

  • Dave Faries
  • Feb 9, 2023

What do people look forward to come Super Bowl Sunday? The game?—yeah, there’s that. Those hyped-up 30-second television slots haven’t amounte…

Six of Monterey County's most expensive steaks.
Eat + Drink

Six of Monterey County's most expensive steaks.

  • Taryn Yudaken, Mark C. Anderson
  • Nov 15, 2016

The Western world is shifting more vegetarian and vegan, which is good.

The B-52s land at Carmel’s Sunset Center.
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The B-52s land at Carmel’s Sunset Center.

  • Sarah Kenoyer
  • Sep 15, 2016

The B-52s began by way of the divine union of booze, Chinese food and a college town about to become an oasis for alternative music in the Dee…

The music guide for the 15th Annual West End Celebration.
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The music guide for the 15th Annual West End Celebration.

  • Adam Joseph
  • Aug 25, 2016

An hour-long cornucopia of bizarre sketches intertwined with music videos called Elephant Parts earned The Monkees founding member Michael Nes…

Local links and other news and notes for a super tasty Super Bowl.
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Local links and other news and notes for a super tasty Super Bowl.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Feb 5, 2016

Suddenly Seaside and Marina are making national and international news. 

Record Store Day FAQs, where to go locally and 10 of 2015's top selections.
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Record Store Day FAQs, where to go locally and 10 of 2015's top selections.

  • Adam Joseph
  • Updated Apr 14, 2015

“I found my calling in the back bin of a dark, dusty record store," 2015 Record Store Day Ambassador Dave Grohl writes in a press statement. "…

Singer Naomi Tatsuoka returns to her former hometown with a boost of confidence.
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Singer Naomi Tatsuoka returns to her former hometown with a boost of confidence.

  • Mar 19, 2015

Naomi Tatsuoka had the opportunity to perform for millions on American Idol. Her soulful rendition of Queen’s “Somebody to Love” and her rousi…

Christmas in April, aka Record Store Day, is quickly approaching.
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Christmas in April, aka Record Store Day, is quickly approaching.

  • Adam Joseph
  • Mar 18, 2015

On Saturday, April 18—that's just 30 days and some change (13 hours)—vinyl heads of all shapes and sizes will be hitting up every brick-and-mo…

Missouri’s Making Movies make their Salinas debut.
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Missouri’s Making Movies make their Salinas debut.

  • Adam Joseph
  • Feb 5, 2015

Enrique Chi believes there just aren’t many bands like his, particularly in his native Missouri.

Carmel Valley food and wine, the definitive guide, from A to Z.
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Carmel Valley food and wine, the definitive guide, from A to Z.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Feb 2, 2012

Plenty of places proclaim they’re The Next Napa. Those places miss the point.


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