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Rollin Pickford, who died in 2010 at age 98, was as loved as he was prolific. He was also a curious and constant fixture on the Peninsula, as well as his hometown of Fresno, where his art was so influential he inspired the term “San Joaquin Valley School of Watercolor.”

A-list cast can’t save grade-C story chronicling the final fiery days of Pompeii.

• If anyone is qualified to speak on “Issues Facing African-Americans Today,” it’s Helen Rucker. The former Seaside mayor pro-tem, city council member and NAACP Branch 1049 president, Jefferson Award winner and philanthropist brings hard-won wisdom to a talk at the Peace Resource Center (136…

ARIES (March 21-April 19): A woman from New Mexico wrote to tell me that after reading my horoscopes for three years in the Santa Fe Reporter, she had decided to stop. “I changed my beliefs,” she said. “I no longer resonate with your philosophy.” On the one hand, I was sad that I had lost a …