AltWeeklies Wire
Chasing the Ghostnew
Salinas Valley farmers are trying to become the first in the Western Hemisphere to commercialize the world's hottest pepper. Turns out the Bhut Jolokia—or ghost pepper—is a fickle little hottie,
Monterey County Weekly |
Sara Rubin |
10-24-2011 |
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
The News on Newsnew
Local CBS affiliate KION-TV set out to do a hit piece questioning the appropriateness of the Weekly's student guide. And then they ran a picture of a toddler dressed as a hooker.
Monterey County Weekly |
Mary Duan |
09-22-2011 |
Media
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
Chemical-Laden Fertilizer Marketed As Organicnew
Federal charges are filed against California Liquid Fertilizers.
Monterey County Weekly |
Robin Urevich |
10-21-2010 |
Environment
How the BP Oil Spill Impacts Californianew
Despite their distance, California and Louisiana share a striking similarity: both economies depend on the ocean.
Monterey County Weekly |
Kelley Calvert |
09-10-2010 |
Economy
Tags: BP Oil Spill
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
BLUE Ocean Film Festival Relocates to Montereynew
Although it launched last year in Savannah, GA, the film festival and symposium that revolves around appreciation and conservation of the ocean has chosen Monterey, CA, as its new home.
Monterey County Weekly |
Walter Ryce |
05-26-2010 |
Environment
End of An Era at Monterey County Weeklynew
Despite years of profitability as the county's largest circulation rag, the Weekly ends it print edition and goes exclusively online and mobile.
Monterey County Weekly |
Bradley Zeve and Paul Wilner |
04-01-2010 |
Media
Hundreds of Monterey County Educators Expect Pink Slips This Monthnew
With education budgets squeezed statewide, Monterey County teachers are bracing for lay-off notices that, by law, districts must send by March 15 if they anticipate downsizing next year.
Monterey County Weekly |
Robin Urevich |
03-11-2010 |
Education
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
New Venture Capital Plan Aims to Grow Clean Tech Jobsnew
Silicon Valley venture capitalist Rock Clapper wants to turn green cards into green jobs in Marina. Clapper is applying to make the city a hub for a foreign national investment fund that could grow to $75 million and create 1,500 jobs.
Monterey County Weekly |
Zachary Stahl |
12-17-2009 |
Environment
When Will Medical Marijuana Get the High Sign in Monterey County?new
Daniel Maniscalco dreams of getting off the road and opening Monterey County’s first medical pot storefront. “I want to provide medical marijuana patients the medicines their doctors recommend,” he says.
Monterey County Weekly |
Robin Urevich |
12-17-2009 |
Drugs
