Rebuilding in Kyrgyzstan

Bruce Robinson — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:00:00 +0100

Of all the international hot spots where disaster assistance workers were needed last summer, Kyrgyzstan didn’t get a lot of attention. But that’s where one local volunteer spent most of July, working on rebuilding after a regime change and a spate of internal ethnic conflict.

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Chocolate

Bruce Robinson — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:00:00 +0100

Chocolate is at least 3000 years old, and we have the ancient Mayans to thank for it. By way of the conquistadors, that is.

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Bruce Robinson — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 06:00:00 +0100

Communal living was a idealistic experiment for some back when the counter-culture was in full flower, and The Farm, a pioneering outpost in rural Tennessee, mostly managed to live up to those ideals.

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Sonoma County Museum Collection

Bruce Robinson — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 06:00:00 +0100

In most any museum, the items on display are just a small slice of their large and varied collection. And the Sonoma County Museum is no exception.

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"Burning Daylight"

Bruce Robinson — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:00:00 +0100

Whether Jack London set his stories in the harsh Yukon winter, the savage beauty of south Pacific islands, or contemporary American society, his insight into human behavior keeps them compelling now. That was the attraction behind the latest effort to convert London’s fiction to film.

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20 years of ADA

Bruce Robinson — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 12:00:00 +0100

Since the Americans With Disabilities Act was enacted by Congress 20 years ago, it has changed much more than building codes.

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When the ADA passed, it took some time for tRead More...

Fort Ross

Bruce Robinson — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:00:00 +0100

Fort Ross, the only Russian outpost ever established on what is now the continental United States, celebrates the 198th anniversary of its founding with an annual Cultural Heritage Day on Saturday, July 31.

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Red Sonoma

Bruce Robinson — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:00:00 +0100

Liberal Sonoma County was once a hotbed of anti-communist fervor, as well as home to a series of utopian communities, all of which is on display at the Sonoma County Museum.

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When taking a longer historical view, Eric Stanley, exhibitions and collections curator for the Sonoma County Museum, Read More...

Cattle Brands of the North Bay

Bruce Robinson — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:00:00 +0100

Branding cattle may evoke images of the old west a century ago, but it’s a still-active part of agriculture in the North Bay, with a lengthy history here, too.

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Just as they were a century again, brands are used today to identify the legal owners of notRead More...

Tektites

Bruce Robinson — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:00:00 +0100

Small black balls of glassy rock found in the Dry Creek Valley may be remnants from a prehistoric meteor strike. Or maybe not.

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Baseball's Unwritten Rules

Bruce Robinson — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:00:00 +0100

As seasoned baseball fans know, there's considerably more going on between the lines on the diamond than may be readily apparent. {mp3remote}http://media.krcb.org/audio/nbr/7-13-10.mp3{/mp3remote}

Fog and Redwoods

Bruce Robinson — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:00:00 +0100

A new analysis finds there are fewer foggy days along the Northern California coast than there were 100 years ago. That’s bad news for the venerable coast redwoods.

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West Marin Newspapers

Bruce Robinson — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:00:00 +0100

When a local ownership group came forward to purchase the Point Reyes Light from its contentious and unpopular out-of-town owner, they expected an era of peace in publishing would follow. But that wasn’t what happened.

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Revisiting the Running Fence

Bruce Robinson — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:00:00 +0100

Thirty-four years after Christo’s Running Fence snaked across the North Bay’s coastal landscape into the Pacific, the unique and short-lived artwork is still fondly recalled by most of those who played a part in its creation.

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"A California Bestiary"

Bruce Robinson — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:00:00 +0100

From the extinct California Grizzly to the omnipresent California ground squirrel, a carefully chosen 12 animal species are featured in the small, reflective and beautifully illustrated new book, A California Bestiary.

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Bruce Robinson — Thu, 20 May 2010 06:00:00 +0100

While the Disney animation studios were churning out hit films like Who Shot Roger Rabbit and Beauty and the Beast, there were backstage battles between artist and management, backbiting executives, and other industry intrigues playing out. Those stories are told in the new documentary, Waking Sleeping Beauty.

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