My Year on Meth

Writing stories, searching for hope

on December 13, 2006

Rev

by Novella Carpenter on March 22, 2006

Dark Green

If you smoke pot, there's a chance your weed was produced by a drug syndicate that pays poor immigrant laborers to camp out in the woods with guns and and foul the environment. Does that bring you down?

on November 29, 2006

Monamania

La Gioconda, coming to a shoe store near you

on May 3, 2006

Falling into Fun

Our highly subjective list of autumn's greatest hits

on August 23, 2006

Upvalley, Downvalley

Outsiders essentially have no idea, but a largely unspoken rift divides the two ends of the Napa Valley

on December 6, 2006

Totally Tweaked

Cheap, fast and out of control, methamphetamine increasingly ensnares California's teenagers in its downward spiral. Is this drug poised to swamp a whole generation?

on July 5, 2006

Sweat and Tortillas

One morning in the hustle and flow of the harvest

on October 11, 2006

Queen of Spandex

The lowdown on how a biker chick gets chic

by Ella Lawrence on May 3, 2006

Cyber Crisis

Fact and fiction in the Net neutrality debate

on June 28, 2006

Unquestioned Answers

Nonconspiracy theorist David Ray Griffin takes aim at the official 9-11 story

by Steve Bhaerman on June 14, 2006

Rev

by Novella Carpenter on January 25, 2006

Measure by Measure

Challenging the electorate not to snooze through the June 6 measures

on May 31, 2006

A Series of Tubes

Net neutrality and those fools on the Hill

on August 23, 2006

Ready, Set, Vote!

But is California ready for the coming elections?

by Tara Treasurefield on May 10, 2006

My Mistress Methamphetamine

Viewing addiction from the inside, a love story

on August 30, 2006

Senior Scam?

Confusing changes and ambiguous names set stage for privatization of Medicare and possible fraud

on November 22, 2006

Breath of Fresh Air

Ecology House provides a refuge for the chemically sensitive

by David Sason on June 21, 2006

Three Feet Under

Bubbling Well Pet Memorial Park, 26 Years After Errol Morris

on May 31, 2006

Server Size-Up

Our evil little guide to who's passing the plates

by Ella Lawrence on July 26, 2006

Blah blah blog

Right-wing natterers use negativity against themselves

on November 15, 2006

Go Westly, Young Man

Schwarzenegger critic? eBay executive? Our next governor? Will the real Steve Westly please stand up?

by Leyna Krow on April 26, 2006

Future Shocks

The 1906 quake ushered in an age of modern earthquake science. One hundred years later, the looming question is when--and where--will the next Big One hit?

on April 5, 2006

Rev

by Novella Carpenter on March 8, 2006

The High Price of Low-Cost Meth 1

Junkies aren't the only ones who pay for meth. Its hidden costs are woven into the fabric of every North Bay community

on November 15, 2006

Pick Up Sticks

Buying for a knitter, not dropping a stitch

on November 22, 2006

Stitches 'n' Bows

Young designers flourish at Moxie

by Gabe Meline on May 3, 2006

Rev

by Novella Carpenter on February 8, 2006

The Real Hep C Crisis

A mix of high-risk conditions and denial by officials is leaving California prisons ravaged by outbreak

on June 7, 2006

Forging Ahead

Blacksmith apprentice pounds metal, makes art

by Ella Lawrence on December 13, 2006

Rev

by Novella Carpenter on January 11, 2006

Decision Imminent

Is Sonoma Valley's Measure C a land grab or the best hope for meeting stringent seismic standards?

on April 5, 2006

Baby's Breadth

While dental disease is not a topical issue, it is the largest health problem facing California kids today

by Joy Lanzendorfer on April 12, 2006

Acting Sick

It's all the rage in medical schools. As hypochondria goes Hollywood, our writer gets opening-day jitters in Stanford's patient-actor program

on August 2, 2006

Secret Histories

In which we demand that perfect strangers tell us everything about their clothes

on October 4, 2006

Rev

by Novella Carpenter on February 22, 2006

Meth 1

on March 29, 2006

Supreme Pro Wrestling

by Gabe Meline on March 1, 2006

All Fished Out

Are white sturgeon our next vanishing breed?

on May 3, 2006

Township Terroir

Yountville

on July 26, 2006

Rev

by Novella Carpenter on January 4, 2006

Populist Purchases

Some favorite picks for supporting the collective with the wallet

on December 13, 2006

Living Together

Reflecting on that strangest of times, the dorm year

on September 6, 2006

Photo Club

on December 20, 2006

Civil Death

Family ties are the first to unravel when prison visits are frayed by lockdowns

on November 29, 2006

Future Shocks

The 1906 quake ushered in an age of modern earthquake science. One hundred years later, the looming question is when--and where--will the next Big One hit?

by David Templeton on April 5, 2006

Couture's Future

Living the life of a fashion student in Paris

on May 3, 2006

Rev

by Novella Carpenter on February 1, 2006

Low-Power Revolution

Surrounded on four sides, Sonoma goes it alone

on September 20, 2006

Rev

by Novella Carpenter on March 15, 2006

Triple Play

New movement focuses on the triumverate fiscal power of local communities

on September 27, 2006

Guilt-Free Gifts

'Fair trade' takes the exploitation out of holiday purchases

on November 22, 2006

Madonna/Whore

Are the 'mommyblogger' and 'sexblogger' movements the 21st-century version of emancipation?

on September 13, 2006

Tick Talk

With Lyme disease infection rates tripling, why doesn't the government take the disease more seriously?

by Joy Lanzendorfer on June 21, 2006

Calendar Grrrls

What's so sexy about saving the earth?

by Gretchen Giles on December 13, 2006

What Do They Do?

Elected officials' duties not always crystal clear

on May 17, 2006

Earthly Pleasures

Have a fabulous time this summer with thousands of your closest friends

on May 24, 2006

Rev

by Novella Carpenter on March 29, 2006

Know the Code

Is fashion our new profane religion?

on May 3, 2006

From Print to Pixel

Blog innovator Dan Gillmor on how newspapers can stop lecturing readers and start conversing with them

on July 5, 2006

Judicial Review

Know Your Big 10

on October 18, 2006

Newz

Halliburton Solves Global Warming

on May 17, 2006

Who's Your Daddy?

It's not politically correct to say that child-support laws are biased against men. But cases of questionable fatherhood and bizarre prosecutions of disproved dads show that sometimes it's true

by Cecily Ru on July 19, 2006

Map Time

Land of digital cartography divides, then conquers

on December 13, 2006

Mom 'n' Pop Pot

What good can marijuana possibly do?

on April 19, 2006

Rocking the Cradle

What happens when a mother's need for drugs trumps her love for her children? Sometimes true love triumphs

on May 10, 2006

Odds and Sods

Random updates on local essentials

on December 13, 2006

Drug Race

Prescription-drug deadline looms for seniors

on April 19, 2006

Minor Threat

Does 'The Daily Show' really make college students apathetic?

on September 6, 2006

Rev

by Novella Carpenter on March 1, 2006

Wal-Mart

on March 15, 2006

Cable De-evolution?

In the name of competition, local cable-access control may be lost

on August 2, 2006

Jailhouse Lawyers

on March 22, 2006

Smoke Signal

Santa Rosa's law mostly affects teens, poor and homeless

by Joy Lanzendorfer on August 16, 2006

Fit to Print

The top censored news stories of 2005-2006

on September 6, 2006

To Have and to Hold

Asset-building as an antipoverty strategy

by Bruce Robinson on October 4, 2006

Labor of Love

Marin attorney Karen Carrera crusades for low-wage women workers

on September 13, 2006

Sonoma Grove

on January 25, 2006

Great Outdoors

Some of our favorite places to grab a bite in the full stirring air

on July 12, 2006

Fields of Contention

Krug's vineyard changes yield legal complaints, boycott

on August 9, 2006

Grape Glut

on March 29, 2006

KBBF

by Bruce Robinson on March 8, 2006

Arlington West

by Joy Lanzendorfer on March 15, 2006

Cool to Be Kind

Targeting 'alpha kids' as leaders for change

on September 20, 2006

Support Our Troops Sunday

on January 4, 2006

In the Air?

New research on Marin County's breast cancer epidemic focuses on environmental exposures

on November 8, 2006

Iraq the Vote

Napa CountyMeasure I

on October 25, 2006

Watery Report Card

With threats from drilling, pollution, global warming and alien species increasing, how's the health of our slice of the coast?

by Joy Lanzendorfer on November 1, 2006

Green Machine

Vineyard 29 is the first of its cogeneration

on June 21, 2006

Blight or Fight

Is local government poised for a land grab?

by Joy Lanzendorfer on July 12, 2006

Snake Oil, Anyone?

As dubious Medicare marketing proliferates, let all health insurance buyers beware

on December 6, 2006

Where's the Water?

H²0's a finite resource, asserts OWL president H. R. Downs

on July 19, 2006

Napa River Flood

on February 1, 2006

Same-Sex Couples

on February 8, 2006

Highway 128 Bridge

on March 1, 2006

Demystifying Meth

Getting the facts on this devastating drug

on June 14, 2006

Mainstream Green

With North Bay colleges offering certification in sustainability and more new construction taking the LEED, green comes into its own

by David Templeton on June 21, 2006

Justice Warrior

As he eases into his seventh decade of life, the Rev. James Coffee's vision hasn't dimmed

on December 27, 2006

Dire Straits

Napa's arts council narrowly endures

on June 28, 2006

Woody Allen

on January 4, 2006

Archeopteryx

by Gabe Meline on February 8, 2006

In Sink

Travel tipsters Carl and Karl take a skewed look at 'Poseidon'

by David Templeton on May 17, 2006

A Close Shave

In 'Fur,' director Steve Shainberg imagines the Diane Arbus we never knew

by Richard von Busack on November 22, 2006

Fistful of Dollars

HBO's 'Deadwood,' a Western for our times

by Richard von Busack on June 14, 2006

Playing Up

New executive director Beth Craven helms Sixth Street Playhouse

by David Templeton on April 26, 2006

Epics

on March 1, 2006

Song and Spice

Fred Curchack's anarchic, tasty 'Gumbo'

by David Templeton on June 21, 2006

Three-Ring Year

Remembering 2006, from yodeling coke whores to stolen tombstones

by Gabe Meline on December 27, 2006

Playing Smart

Neither stress nor success can keep the Devil Makes Three off the stage

on April 5, 2006

Molten Mood

Metal is for anyone who wants it, needs it and means it

by Sara Bir on November 8, 2006

Almost Eden

Painters use the beauty to face the ugly

by Gretchen Giles on May 31, 2006

The 8-Track

by Gabe Meline on March 8, 2006

Wide Lens

Global Lens screens third world that the first world rarely sees

by Richard von Busack on September 20, 2006

The Lettermen

'Wordplay' solves crossword's appeal

on June 28, 2006

Country Standard

Looking for tradition in country tradition

on April 12, 2006

Year of Living Artfully

One Year, One Show treats one painter as one (hell of an) investment

on August 23, 2006

Fiery Activism

Terror of terrorism captured in 'Catch a Fire'

on October 25, 2006

House of the Rising Sun

Cobalt Sun's 'Synapse Series' brings stimuli to all of Sausalito's senses

by David Sason on August 2, 2006

Big Boxes to Love

Supersized box sets still get hearts racing

on November 22, 2006

Beatle Goes On

Starr still gets by with a little help from his friends

by Bruce Robinson on June 14, 2006

SexyBack: The Hot 13 Challenge

Pull out your record crates--it's an all-new mix contest!

by Sara Bir on December 20, 2006

New Weird America

Harry Smith's offbeat musical tastes still resonate

by Greg Cahill on November 1, 2006

Oregon Shakespeare Festival

by David Templeton on March 1, 2006

Sequin Resequence

Or, Why I'm looking forward to the new Jet album

on September 13, 2006

'The Ister'

by Matt Pamatmat on March 8, 2006

Crazy Christmas Carol 1

The maddening mystery of Coddingtown's 'Dinosaur Christmas Song'

by Gabe Meline on December 13, 2006

Music Lust

by Sara Bir on March 15, 2006

Traveling Show

SF Jewish Film Fest comes to Rafael

by Richard von Busack on August 2, 2006

Power Plays

Ashland's slate makes for a first-rate fall

by David Templeton on September 27, 2006

Truly, Madly, Deeply?

Into Shann Nix's unreliable looking glass

on April 19, 2006

Blues Redux

One more time for the inimitable Mr. Earl

by Greg Cahill on August 9, 2006

The Browncoats Are Coming!

Worldwide 'Serenity' Day sparks viewing frenzy

on June 21, 2006

'Sylvia' and 'The Fourth Wall'

by David Templeton on March 29, 2006

Dream Time

Elizabeth Fuller's one-woman show, a poem in the guise of a play

by David Templeton on December 6, 2006

Oscar-Nominated Documentary Shorts

on March 1, 2006

'Slither' Slugfest

Fans say new movie is salt on their wounds

on April 5, 2006

Murder in the Second

The Killers roll the dice, but come up short

by David Sason on October 11, 2006

'Rat' Tales

Pin-stripe master Nat Quick takes a look at new Ed Roth doc

by David Templeton on October 18, 2006

David Templeton's Top 10 of 2005

on January 4, 2006

Essential Genius

Tom Waits' three-disc 'Orphans' presages a strange and beautiful future

by Gabe Meline on November 15, 2006

Night Visions

Gondry's surreal 'Sleep' gives viewers a chance to dream

on September 27, 2006

What I Got 1

Remembering Sublime's Brad Nowell, 10 years later

by Gabe Meline on May 24, 2006

Johnny Winter

by Bruce Robinson on March 29, 2006

Ego Rippin'

Hip-hop pioneers grow up and drop the chest-beating

by Gabe Meline on October 4, 2006

About Face

'Comedy' proves bad Shakespeare can be good theater

by David Templeton on September 13, 2006

Nina Simone

by Greg Cahill on February 1, 2006

Haitian Divorcées

Charlotte Rampling shows her claws in 'Heading South'

by Richard von Busack on August 30, 2006

Goof Factories

Exploring the serious and not so in new heavy rock

on June 14, 2006

The Forgotten Art of Audacity

New releases from U2 and Oasis rewrite their glorious history

by David Sason on December 13, 2006

Like the Earth

Mezera and Gerber with the dirt left on

by Gabe Meline on April 19, 2006

Life Lessons

'39 Pounds' and other films enable the disabled

by Gretchen Giles on August 9, 2006

Mighta Missed

A random sample of great albums you may have missed

by Sara Bir on November 22, 2006

'Day' Trippers

Sixties survivors keep 'White Bird' aloft

by Bruce Robinson on May 31, 2006

Richard Thompson

by Greg Cahill on March 1, 2006

Chewing the Fat

Jackie Greene and Tim Bluhm revisit simple pleasures as the Skinny Singers

by David Sason on December 27, 2006

The Quiet & the Loud

Yo La Tengo and Patrick Porter at opposite ends

by Sara Bir on October 11, 2006

Strong Persuader

Robert Cray's new live CD captures band's high spark

by Alan Sculley on November 8, 2006

'The Underpants'

by David Templeton on February 1, 2006

Strange Coincidences

Fall theater productions prepare to take the stage

by David Templeton on August 23, 2006

Two by Two

Pairing off the strangest partners of the year

on December 13, 2006

Leggo My Ego

Movie titans clash in MTC's 'Orson's Shadow'

by David Templeton on September 20, 2006

Doc Days of Summer

Relax this summer with the latest crop of rock documentaries

by Sara Bir on July 5, 2006

Horror of Horrors

'Darfur Diaries' tackles the dirtiest deed of all

on April 19, 2006

Political Is Personal

HCA project space artist Karrie Hovey's war with words

by Gretchen Giles on June 14, 2006

Cyber Quirks

Going off the grid for gratis games

on April 26, 2006

They Came in Robes

How Sunn o))) keep metal's light trimmed

by Gabe Meline on November 1, 2006

On Loving the Simpsons

Director David Silverman on everyone's favorite dysfunctional family

by Charlie Swanson on November 29, 2006

The Collector

Jack Lenor Larsen and the fabric of life

by Gretchen Giles on June 21, 2006

Top 10 Torn Tickets

Looking back at the best of the year's stage

by David Templeton on December 27, 2006

Playing Smart

Neither stress nor success can keep the Devil Makes Three off the stage

on April 5, 2006

Sex Work

Part porn, part fable, Mitchell's 'Shortbus' a genre-breaker

by Richard von Busack on October 11, 2006

Chris Hardman

on February 1, 2006

Gig Alert

Live music musts for the coming months

by Gabe Meline on August 23, 2006

North Bay Arts Leaders

on March 8, 2006

The Pleasure of Problems

Unconventional arts patron Steven Oliver provides the palette

on August 30, 2006

Kim Nalley

by Yoshi Kato on March 15, 2006

Return of the Skag

'Strangers' a hysterical take on the back-to-school flick

by Richard von Busack on July 5, 2006

Mountain Man

James Dunn bounces back to direct the 93rd Mountain Play

by David Templeton on May 17, 2006

Kingdom come & gone

Jay-Z's return from retirement, so what?

by David Sason on December 20, 2006

Soldiers Three

'The War Tapes': Making Iraq safe for cheese

by Richard von Busack on July 12, 2006

Uproar in Purgatory

SRJC tackles Guirgis' hot-and-heavy comedy-drama 'Judas Iscariot'

by David Templeton on October 11, 2006

Pomp and Circumstance

After fields of 'Elysium,' the Velvet Teen graduate 'Cum Laude'

by Gabe Meline on July 19, 2006

Rhyme Schemes

SRT pulls 'Seussical' right out of its hat

by David Templeton on June 28, 2006

Vox Populi

Voices only at the Harmony Sweepstakes

by Bruce Robinson on April 26, 2006

Light and Dark

From an Inuit tale comes a new theater company

by David Templeton on August 9, 2006

Bless the Child

'Children of Men' provides a grim future with a glimmer of hope

on December 27, 2006

Dead Man's Dress

Sequel proves pirates are an enduring trend

by David Templeton on July 19, 2006

Universal Language

No translation needed for Sigur Rós

by David Sason on April 26, 2006

'Bus Stop' and 'All My Sons'

on January 25, 2006