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This is the cave where Changing Woman sang to the Water Serpent. She sang to it using a hollow, feathered instrument she carried in a pine-needle basket, and even her walk made music: She wore a dress hung with deer hooves that chimed when she moved.
If Paula Harris listened to everyone that told her s…
As Travis Poelle slips into a pleated white suit and…
Fewer than 6 million people live in Denmark, but jud…
In 1973, Bill Mize’s life was in disarray. He needed a change of scenery, a place where he could get his head straight without the distraction of his unsavory friends. His grandfather, who worked as a surveyor, built a cabin in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in late 1930s, when it w…
The discussion over immigration reform has seen unpr…
Call it football’s worst idea since helmets without …
More social engineering thugs. (“County follows cities’ lead, votes to pursue plastic bag ban,” posted July 30.) - Thomas Paine | via Facebook
Sometimes when Squid thinks of the Navy, Squid has quaint thoughts of tall ships with wooden masts circa the War of 1812. Then Squid glances over at the Naval Postgraduate School for more high-tech navel activities. But they’re not always faster. It took almost eight months for U.S. Navy Cmdr. M.D. Sutton to respond to a Freedom of Information Act request seeking documents concerning the removal of former NPS President Dan Oliver and Provost Leonard Ferrari.
In the opening moments of 2 Guns, Stig (Mark Wahlber…
Sometime in July, the number of Latinos in California became equal to the state’s non-Hispanic white population. It’s a remarkable demographic shift, and one that can be seen rippling through other state statistics.
Sykes Hot Springs steam in a lovely little rock-line…
As the health insurance industry prepares for a majo…
In early July, Janneli Garcia completed an associate…
Asked at Taqueria Hidalgo in Salinas.
Les Miserables is one of those Broadway musicals tha…
If summer were a shoebox spot for food and drink it …
We’re about halfway through the commercial fishing season for salmon. The quality is high and prices are comparatively low for wild Pacific salmon – though not for ultra-local Monterey Bay chinook, which is going for a record $23 a pound. This presents an opportunity for savvy shoppers to ga…
Dennis Henschell is showing off a brown tarp. It’s h…
