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Interviewing Brian Wilson, I felt like I was talking to a very simple man. He answered my questions with a directness that was not exactly blunt— he was friendly, just not very talkative. It was as though he sees things in such straightforward terms that he can hardly say more than a few words.
Bobbe Norris knows exactly which songs fit her voice…
In Monterey Live on a packed Friday night, the stage…
The water company and government agencies appear close to solving a problem that has stumped officials—and stranded fish—for more than a decade.
When the initial results came across the projector s…
The research is clear: Consistent participation in a…
We fall in love with certain movies at different times, and in different ways. Maybe you’re not sure until the credits roll, and a collective impact washes over you. Or maybe there’s a single, indelible instant when you realize you’re watching a story you’ll hold dear. I knew when Once had m…
Outside of maybe the Spahn Movie Ranch, Paris is pro…
Joe Rosa, who manages the Pajaro/Sunny Mesa Communit…
Apparently I was a Mexican shepherd in my past life. I know this because of my obsession with tacos, tortas and burritos al pastor (literally, “of the sheepherder”)—and my tendency to wake up sweating in the middle of the night yelling, “Donde estan las borregas?”
Back in 1990, local surfer Ron Triplett considered g…
Poets and presidents use them to move hearts and armies. SAT administrators use them to evaluate student intelligence. Functional interaction often can’t seem to advance without one of their more-tired examples—“I feel like crap”; “She is a cancer to the company”; “He looks as dumb as a rock.”