AltWeeklies Wire
Sean Parker's Big Sur Vanity Wedding Falloutnew
Facebook co-founder Sean Parker spent millions on his recent Big Sur wedding, but when he rented a campground from the upscale Ventana Inn & Spa, he rented "an ongoing California Coastal Act" violation. Turns out, that campground should have been opened to the public years ago under Ventana's permit.
Monterey County Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
06-13-2013 |
Environment
Police shoot and kill bear in Seasidenew
A black bear wandering the Monterey Peninsula ended up on the wrong end of a gun, as Seaside Police shot it dead rather than waiting for the Department of Fish and Game to show up.
Monterey County Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
06-06-2013 |
Animal Issues
Bait and Switchnew
Seafood fraud disguises farmed salmon as wild, tilapia as snapper and sole as sand dabs. What’s on your plate – and how did it get there?
Monterey County Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
08-02-2012 |
Features
Strategy of the Fittestnew
Moss Landing’s development diversity makes it an economic survivor.
Monterey County Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
10-19-2011 |
Economy
Tags: Moss Landing
A Study in Resolvenew
Michelle Magdalena’s journey to tsunami-ravaged Japan led her to believe she is viewing a most patriotic time in the world’s history.
Monterey County Weekly |
Kera Abraham and Mary Duan |
08-08-2011 |
Features
Solar Perplexusnew
Monterey County was poised for a rooftop Renaissance. Then Fannie and Freddie crashed the party.
Monterey County Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
07-30-2010 |
Environment
Come Hell or Saltwaternew
The ocean is probably going to be Monterey’s main water supply within six years.
Monterey County Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
06-24-2010 |
Environment
Tags: Monterey, desalination
Whaling Proposal Harpoons International Debatenew
The International Whaling Commission proposes to legalize commercial whaling... in order to reduce illegal whaling. Despite a 1986 international ban on for-profit whale hunting, which left open a loophole for scientific whaling, Iceland, Norway and Japan have kept at it in relatively plain view.
Monterey County Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
03-04-2010 |
Animal Issues
Central California Farmers Worry About the Impact of a Proposed Solar Farmnew
The sun that shines on Central Cali's Panoche Valley is now luring industry into the unruffled pastureland. Solargen Energy proposes a solar array that, if built today, would be the biggest in the world. But for local sustainable farmers, the project might as well be Wal-Mart.
Monterey County Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
02-26-2010 |
Environment
Local Rainwater Guru Makes Home Water Harvesting Easynew
Roger Manley wants to help locals tap the precious liquid running off our roofs. Manley gave a broad overview of the water limitations facing the Monterey Peninsula, but he showed workshop participants how to make their own rainwater harvesting barrels for about $30 each.
Monterey County Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
12-10-2009 |
Environment
First-Time Homebuyers Are Swooping in on the Monterey Peninsula Foreclosure Boomnew
This is the flip side of the national economic meltdown. For the first time in recent memory, real estate bargains are fairly easy to come by in the Monterey Peninsula.
Monterey County Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
05-07-2009 |
Housing & Development
Activist Brings a Girl Home from Gaza to Restore Her Sightnew
Six-year-old Hadil was born with congenital deformities, but she can no longer travel through Gaza's tightened borders to hospitals where doctors had begun a series of operations on her eyes. Hanan Shawar convinced Hadil's parents to let her bring the girl back to the United States for reconstructive surgery.
Monterey County Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
03-19-2009 |
War
Nation’s Richest Winemaker Builds County’s Biggest Solar Systemnew
Sunshine has been turning grapes into raisins for thousands of years. Now, it’s turning them into wine.
Monterey County Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
02-19-2009 |
Business & Labor
Tags: solar energy, Constellation Wines
Entrepreneurs and Scientists Team Up to Produce a Prettier, Healthier Abalonenew
For the abalone, this is life. For the Monterey Abalone Company, this is business. And for Suskiewicz, this is science: His two-and-a-half-year experiment as a grad student at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories produced a farmed abalone with a pretty red color and rich flavor.
Monterey County Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
02-05-2009 |
Food+Drink
As a California Town Becomes More Affordable, Community Work Flourishesnew
Compared to its neighbors, Seaside, California isn't known for lefty politics, tree-hugging or indie art. But Seaside has seen a resurgence of grassroots community building -- a sort of Renaissance for a city that has struggled to define itself.
Monterey County Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
02-05-2009 |
Policy Issues
