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Before he sold more than 25 million albums – and more than any other male solo act in the 2000s – he was picking apples on his family’s ranch. Before he came a Christina Aguilera, John Mayer and Coldplay away from being a three-time Grammy winner, he was DJing parties on belt-driven turntabl…
When my editor called with my latest assignment, it …
The lack of rain hasn’t been hard on farmers alone. …
As one of the most prolific composers, homebodies and workaholics known to the human race, let alone the rock world, it’s only natural that Frank Zappa’s gigantic catalog continues expanding, at an exponential rate, posthumously. According to Discogs.com, Zappa released 62 official albums in…
Here’s the thing about those dubious glass pipes fou…
Black History Month started as a week-long celebrati…
The wacky and wonderful world of the comic book conv…
San Benito County sheriff’s deputies were already investigating Mark Hladky for a domestic violence incident when he allegedly made an anonymous 911 call reporting a dead body in his Hollister home. Once police got a tip from a 911 dispatcher about the Jan. 24 call, they traced it back to hi…
The notices arrived on their doors in the dark of ni…
Something that has settled close to Laurel Lee-Alexa…
The Yellen era began officially on Monday when Janet…
A cassette recording of original folk tunes is Jawsh…
Even while it’s waiting for a major renovation, the …
I have a friend, and in the interest of maintaining that friend’s privacy, I’ll describe him only as a local businessman. He has a wife, kids and grandkids. One of his kids, a beautiful boy now in his late 20s, has fallen so deeply into a pit of heroin addiction he can no longer see the light…
• For the first week of February (through this Sunda…
The cioppino was celestial, awash with thick, tender and sustainably sourced chunks of halibut, Dungeness, mussels, cod and clams, lifted with a secret alchemy mix of white wine, chili flakes, pernod, fennel and saffron.
It’s considered inconvenient, painful, and expensive…
