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  • Blogs

    May 7, 2012

    Newt Gingrich's Favorite Jewelry Store Is Being Sued for Racial Discrimination

    Walk into a jewelry store, especially one of the fancier ones, and you'll likely encounter a rush of customer service. An engaging smile, a hand on the shoulder, and oh that's such a wonderful shirt you're wearing. Each entrant, after all, holds significant commission potential and we all have rent ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2011

    Pup Tossed from Moving Car Found Alive

    Welcome home, Frosty!​We've been giving readers a lot of depressing news about dogs being shot and killed this week. So here's an uplifting story with a happy ending. Frosty, the cute 1-year-old poodle-terrier mix whose photo was plastered everywhere after being tossed from a moving car, has been ... More >>

  • News

    October 19, 2011

    Bug Me: San Francisco Helps Pioneer Insect Cuisine

    Welcome home, Frosty!​We've been giving readers a lot of depressing news about dogs being shot and killed this week. So here's an uplifting story with a happy ending. Frosty, the cute 1-year-old poodle-terrier mix whose photo was plastered everywhere after being tossed from a moving car, has been ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2011

    No More Grasshoppers at La Oaxaqueña

    La Chiquita/FlickrChapulines, or grasshoppers, in Mexico.​ KGO TV reported yesterday that the San Francisco Department of Health has banned La Oaxaqueña Bakery & Restaurant (2128 Mission St.), one of the only Oaxacan restaurants in the city, from selling chapulines, or dried grasshoppers. Wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    Mehdi Almotahari, Washed Up at Fort Mason

    Body found​Medical authorities have identified the man whose body washed up on the shores of Fort Mason last week as 64-year-old Mehdi Almotahari. A visitor at Fort Mason spotted Almotahari's body floating in the water at about 4:45 p.m. on March 8. Medical authorities had trouble locating his fam ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2010

    Bob Dylan, Yes, Bob Dylan, Hits the Fox Theater August 24 (Bob Dylan!)

    ​King Bob. Master Dylan. Folk genius. Fake. Whatever you wanna call him, Bob Dylan shares a plane of influence and regard with few other living musicians. But you know that. Last time we checked in with Dylan's live show, he could still throw down a stinging guitar solo, too. So what if his voice ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2009

    Ceasefire Talks Collapse in Point Reyes Press War

    A paradise with no shortage of trouble.One of the more renowned institutions of Bay Area journalism is to be found slightly more than hour's drive north of San Francisco, in the coastal cow town of Point Reyes Station. It's there that The Point Reyes Light has for decades brought the roughly 14,000 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2009

    Dismissed Reporter Sues MediaNews Group, Alleges Race Discrimination

    A former reporter at the Monterey County Herald has sued the Northern California newspaper and its parent company, MediaNews Group, alleging that he was underpaid and then fired because of his race. MediaNews, headed by press mogul Dean Singleton (pictured), is also a major presence in the Bay Area ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2009

    Central Coast Weekly Blasts Chron's Environmental Coverage

    While the San Francisco Chronicle is busy fêting itself with daily retrospectives, journalists beyond the walls of 901 Mission are sounding a less complimentary note. In an editorial published last week, the weekly Carmel Pine Cone takes the Chron to task for its reporting on environmental question ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2008

    Drink of the Week: Happy Girl Kitchen's Hibiscus Lavender Lemonade

    While the San Francisco Chronicle is busy fêting itself with daily retrospectives, journalists beyond the walls of 901 Mission are sounding a less complimentary note. In an editorial published last week, the weekly Carmel Pine Cone takes the Chron to task for its reporting on environmental question ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2007

    The Monterey Summer of Love Festival Is Whack

    While the San Francisco Chronicle is busy fêting itself with daily retrospectives, journalists beyond the walls of 901 Mission are sounding a less complimentary note. In an editorial published last week, the weekly Carmel Pine Cone takes the Chron to task for its reporting on environmental question ... More >>

  • News

    November 16, 2005

    It Will Keep Shining

    After years of self-sacrifice, legendary newspaper editor Dave Mitchell sells his beloved Point Reyes Light

  • Summer Guide

    June 23, 2004

    Festivals and Fairs

    After years of self-sacrifice, legendary newspaper editor Dave Mitchell sells his beloved Point Reyes Light

  • Summer Guide

    June 25, 2003

    Summer Events a Go Go!

    What to do, all summer long

  • News

    May 7, 2003

    Regime Changing

    This all-American kid from Monterey is now one of the foremost experts on Saddam Hussein's Iraq. Where does he go from here?

  • News

    February 12, 2003

    The Russian Card Game

    A peek inside a new form of Russian organized crime and an ingenious method of turning credit card mailings into large amounts of cash

  • News

    April 3, 2002

    Deco Raving

    Getting carried away at the 20th anniversary of the Art Deco Society of California

  • News

    September 2, 1998

    How to Stalk, Kill, and Cook a California Wild Pig

    Getting carried away at the 20th anniversary of the Art Deco Society of California

  • News

    August 30, 1995

    Letters

    Getting carried away at the 20th anniversary of the Art Deco Society of California

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