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Acclaimed writer Susan Orlean speaks on her career, journalism’s future, tweets and more in advance of her Carmel visit.
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Acclaimed writer Susan Orlean speaks on her career, journalism’s future, tweets and more in advance of her Carmel visit.

  • Agata Popęda
  • Apr 20, 2025

Agata Popęda here. I have been a fan of writer Susan Orlean for a long time. In my 20s, before I moved from Poland to the U.S., I spent many t…

Acclaimed writer Susan Orlean brings her observations about life to the Sunset Center.
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Acclaimed writer Susan Orlean brings her observations about life to the Sunset Center.

  • Agata Popęda
  • Apr 17, 2025

THE WORLD WITHOUT SUSAN ORLEAN AND HER CURIOSITY WOULD BE LESS INTERESTING.

How a group of analysts at MIIS are helping to stave off Armageddon.
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How a group of analysts at MIIS are helping to stave off Armageddon.

  • David Schmalz
  • Mar 16, 2017

It appeared Kim Jong Un, North Korea’s leader, was hiding something.

Squid follows The Malin Chronicles as Seaside's new city manager settles in, making friends and furniture.
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Squid follows The Malin Chronicles as Seaside's new city manager settles in, making friends and furniture.

  • Squid
  • Mar 7, 2016

CRAIG'S LISTS…As Squid curled up in the lair this weekend, taking shelter from the driving rain, Squid’s top priority was finding activities t…

In defense of seaweed, which could save the world.
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In defense of seaweed, which could save the world.

  • Ari LeVaux
  • Feb 18, 2016

Twelve years ago, during an extended layover in Seoul, South Korea, I discovered the ancestors of the packaged seaweed snacks that today’s hip…

Bracero’s take on Mexican food travels with mucho flavor.
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Bracero’s take on Mexican food travels with mucho flavor.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Nov 12, 2015

This would be a “shot” unlike any other, with oyster, urchin, abalone, quail egg and smoked steelhead roe. Then there are these shrimp-and-bon…

After Supreme Court makes historic ruling on marriage equality; here are some of the nation's most spirited reactions.
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After Supreme Court makes historic ruling on marriage equality; here are some of the nation's most spirited reactions.

  • David Schmalz
  • Jun 26, 2015

Unless this is the first thing you've read since waking, you probably already know that the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 vote, ruled earlier t…

Groundbreaking Mexican chef Javier Plascencia shows us the future at Cooking for Solutions.
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Groundbreaking Mexican chef Javier Plascencia shows us the future at Cooking for Solutions.

  • David Schmalz
  • Jun 8, 2015

When Italian restaurateur Caesar Cardini created the Caesar salad at his Tijuana restaurant in the early 1920s, it became the first great culi…

This Machine Kills Fascists: Reaction to unspeakable horror in Paris.
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This Machine Kills Fascists: Reaction to unspeakable horror in Paris.

  • Mary Duan
  • Updated Jan 8, 2015

In just a few short weeks, the Weekly's Press Club will launch a show featuring the work of political cartoonist Tom Tomorrow, with Dan Perkin…

Four musically adventurous innovators add lush sound waves to the coastal breeze at Henry Miller Library.
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Four musically adventurous innovators add lush sound waves to the coastal breeze at Henry Miller Library.

  • By Adam Joseph
  • Updated May 5, 2015

Each of the four bands performing Monday at the Henry Miller Library creates its own unique musical landscape that shudders with everything fr…

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