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River Watch Sues Willits. Again.

A one-man environmental group is suing Willits. Again. The one man is Jack Silver. His solo environmental group is called River Watch. River Watch looks pretty good on paper, with sub-groups and a bunch of…

Bookends

Bird’s Eye View

Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. First up, I have pretty good news on the Prather Pups situation. On speaking to Sam a few days ago he has…

Notes From A San Francisco Paramedic

December — It had been raining all day. I was working with a new medic, which always requires a little more energy. We were on our way to a non-emergent call that sounded like bullshit…

All The President’s Promises

We the protesters who are currently on sit-in at Tahrir (liberation) square in Cairo since January 25, 2011 strongly condemn the brutal attack carried out by the governing National Democratic Party's (NDP) mercenaries at our…

Report From Indiana: Happy Valentine’s Day

“What's the matter with you?” they keep asking. “Why on earth would you come to Indiana from California in the middle of the winter?” The beer is cheaper, I tell them. The beer's cheaper, but…

The Forgotten People

A computer engineer by profession, Salam Talib had moonlighted in Bagdad as a translator and driver for foreign progressive journalists during the early years of the US invasion and occupation.

Georgian Wine

They came to California by FedEx in September, two dozen grapevine specimens collected on a government fruit-collecting trip to the Republic of Georgia. They will eventually be rooted at the US Department of Agriculture’s tree…

When They Came For The Navarro

The North Coast wine industry has long acted out a pathological conviction that it is entitled to virtually every single drop of water in every watershed it touches. As in the case of Sonoma County's…

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