I had a wonderful trip to Philly and New York. It started out a little rough as I missed my flight out of SF at…
Posts published in “Essays”
As everyone knows, the villain in any prison story is the warden. Of course, prison being what it is, a kind of central receiving for…
This is a story about something that isn’t supposed to happen. It illustrates the strangeness of the world of marijuana, and for that reason no…
Most voters may have stayed at home but nevertheless Measure B, a one-half cent tax to improve abysmal mental health services in this county, won…
When getting ready for bed around 11:30pm Sunday night, October 8, 2017, my 87-year-old dad heard loud noises from outside, 60-65 mph winds. He looked out his bedroom window. He saw dots on the hill behind his house and thought there was a fire.
My old friend Gibbons sent me a copy to review for – what else? – the AVA. Jim and I are AVA old-timers, and my…
Jerry Brown’s California enters this new age with a halo over its head. We “get” climate change and thumb our noses at the mad denialist…
We first spotted him when we came up the stairs to the second deck. He was hard to miss. We were still in the station…
A couple of months ago at a family dinner party, a high school sophomore from my son-in-law’s side of the family walked into the room,…
PG&E is now under investigation by state authorities trying to determine whether the electrical monopoly’s power lines played a role in igniting Northcoast wildfires that…
I showed up Friday afternoon at the Hostility Center (Old Coast Hotel) down on Franklin Street looking for a story. I wanted to ask what…