Don't Shoot the Guitar Man

Bruce Robinson — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 18:22:54 +0100

Only a few things can transcend the histories and circumstances of the hardened inmates at San Quentin prison. Music is one of them.

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Bruce Robinson — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:00:00 +0100

The burgeoning illegal trade in rare and endangered animals isn’t good for them, or their native eco-systems, and it’s often problematic for the people who want to own the creatures.

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SWAT Team Training

Bruce Robinson — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0100

There were no real “bad guys” loose on the Santa Rosa Junior College campus yesterday, but five dozen real police officers were there to train in tracking and capturing some simulated shooters.

"The Poisoner's Handbook"

Bruce Robinson — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:00:00 +0100

Poisonings, both accidental and criminal, have been happening for centuries. But the science of investigating those deaths is barely a hundred years old.

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As she began to research the history of forensic medicine in Jazz Age New York, science writer Deborah Blum, author of The Poisoner's Handbook, says she was struRead More...

FBI Raid at SSU

Bruce Robinson — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:37:29 +0100

County and federal investigators raided administrative and financial offices at Sonoma State Thursday morning, as part of a long-running investigation into allegations of fiscal mismanagement of a large grants administration program on campus.

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Nonviolence

Bruce Robinson — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:00:00 +0100

Conflict doesn’t have to be violent. In fact, proactive non-violence can be used to force change, and those skills and tactics can be taught and practiced. That’s what Cynthia Boaz is doing at an international conference in India this week.

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Bruce Robinson — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:00:00 +0100

Much of the social upheaval of the 1960s can be traced back to four men at Harvard University at the beginning of the decade, contends journalist Don Lattin. His new book, The Harvard Psychedelic Club, does exactly that.

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Bruce Robinson — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:00:00 +0100

It's well known that many of the oldest wineries in Sonoma and Napa Counties predate Prohibition, but the story of how they got through the 14 dry years when the 18th amendment was in effect is only now being fully told.

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"The Dangerous World of Butterflies"

Bruce Robinson — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:00:00 +0100

Nature lovers versus breeders. Preservationists versus poachers and smugglers. A history that goes back eons versus threatened extinctions in the 21st century. These are just some of the stories that lie within the dangerous world of....butterflies?

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ICE suit

Bruce Robinson — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:00:00 +0100

The Sonoma County Sheriff's Department is charged with illegally overreaching in their support for immigration enforcement by federal officials. The ACLU suit also challenges the regulation upon which that cooperation is based.

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