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I remember so well the final morning hours of the Kyoto conference. The negotiations had gone on long past their scheduled evening close, and the convention-center management was frantic – a trade show for children’s clothing was about to begin, and every corner of the vast hall still was li…
Ten years ago, the nations of the world gathered in …
If you wiped California off the face of the planet, …
How will global warming affect the world’s deserts? Scientists in Nevada predict potentially heartbreaking outcomes.
I was struck this past weekend by the announcement i…
Pebble Beach Community Service District made a hasty…
Arcelio Garcia, lead singer of the pioneering Latin …
1947 was a very good year, a very good year for a me…
After Hillary Clinton lost more ground in Iowa polls, her campaign this week dug deep into Barack Obama’s presidential aspirations. Clinton’s camp cited Obama’s kindergarten essay “I Want to Become President” to counter Obama’s statement about how long Clinton has planned to run for commande…
Acrobats and magicians mingle with roughnecks in a s…
Former vice president Al Gore accepted the Nobel Pea…
By now, all San Francisco public buildings should ha…
The first headline the San Francisco Chronicle ran a…
If you pay attention to entertainment headlines, you…
Few musicians have reinvented themselves as successfully as Ian Tyson. In the early ‘60s, Tyson began a musical and romantic collaboration with Sylvia Fricker. Calling themselves Ian & Sylvia, the couple and eventual spouses were a popular act in the early ‘60s folk scene and became repr…
It takes something really special to bring together …
The transformation of former Fort Ord into CSUMB evo…
Monterey city officials hosted a green building expo last week, and in January, a green building ordinance will begin making its way through the city’s approval process. Encouraging businesses and homeowners to go solar and use eco-friendly materials like salvaged wood, bamboo flooring and n…
Earthbound Farm won’t be selling any of its rare, pi…
Minot, North Dakota is quite a ways from the Central…
Marilyn Monroe shines a tired smile at photographer …
Diane Pirzada has long had a strong sense that a spe…
