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Sunday Jan 4 | National Public Radio

The Ninth Inning: A Strong Taste For Life

Weekend Edition Sunday , January 4, 2009 Weekend Edition Sunday kicks off the New Year with a month-long series celebrating seniors called "The Ninth Inning." The series celebrates the stories of people who are ...

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Thu Dec 25, 2008

The Modesto Bee

Obama to boldly go where no geek has gone before

In this July 7, 2008, file photo Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., checks his BlackBerry in St.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, US Senate, Democrat, Keene State College, Occidental College

Fri Dec 19, 2008

Bohemian.com

Profile: Chester Aaron

K nowing Chester Aaron has been one of the genuine pleasures of my life, one I surely share with dozens of folks around the country.

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Related Topix: Moraga, CA, Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles Metro

Tue Dec 09, 2008

San Francisco Chronicle

Get out of the drain age, into the retain age

Embedded in both urban and suburban lot design is the "pave and pipe paradigm," according to Brock Dolman, director of the Occidental Arts & Ecology Center's Water Institute.

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Related Topix: Science, Ecology, Weather, Home Gardening, Home, San Francisco Metro

Sun Dec 07, 2008

SFGate

Runoff as resource instead of problem

When Laura Davison decided to spend some of her inheritance on landscaping the weedy slope next to her house, she knew she wanted a garden that would nourish both the land and her family.

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Related Topix: Home Gardening, Home, Sonoma County, CA, Weather, Agriculture, Science, Ecology

Fri Dec 05, 2008

San Francisco Chronicle

Interest in water management blossoms

Brock Dolman signs off his e-mails this way: "Mostly Water, Brock." He considers storm water a crop to harvest just like sugar snap peas.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, Santa Cruz Metro, Ecology

Sat Nov 29, 2008

Bohemian.com

Profile: Bob Burke

I t's not often that diners find Snoopy, Clo the Cow and Saint Nicholas entertaining them as they eat.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Dining, Sonoma County, CA, Forestville, CA, Napa, CA

Thu Nov 27, 2008

San Francisco Magazine

Store and pour

At bars with rentable storage space, the lockers are for booze and cigarsa 'not socks and sneakers.

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Wed Nov 05, 2008

MAKE

Renga Arts - Occidental, CA

Congrats to Renga Arts in Occidental, CA on some great coverage on CNN, go Joe and Sherry! Sherry heads up our Maker Faire efforts and Joe has been working with us to on a lot of the behind the scenes database ...

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Wed Oct 22, 2008

Anniston Star

Uncorked: The art and joy of wine exploration

It won't be a surprise to most who follow this column that I am a huge fan of the wines of Joseph Phelps Vineyards, especially their proprietary red, Insignia.

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Related Topix: Wine, Drink, Sonoma, CA, Napa, CA, Sonoma County, CA, Napa County, CA

Sun Oct 12, 2008

Marin Independent Journal

Harvesting rain for a dry day

Paola Bouley unscrews the lid on the fifth in a line of bulging plastic barrels behind the storage shed and leans forward, peering into its murky depth.

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Related Topix: Fairfax, CA, Weather, Science, Ecology, Home Gardening, Home, San Geronimo, CA

Tue Sep 30, 2008

Eureka Reporter

The Fortuna Senior Services Hiking Group

The Fortuna Senior Services Hiking Group will walk the Salt River, starting and ending at Occidental Ranch on Friday, Oct.

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Related Topix: Fortuna, CA

Wed Sep 17, 2008

KVML

Master Gardener: The Importance of Roots

Roots? I'm not talking about your family tree, but of the root structure of your plants.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Vegetables, Home Gardening, Home, Agriculture, Science

Sat Sep 06, 2008

Los Angeles Times

Responsibility should be part of the debate over drinking age

T he guys from Sigma Nu were one pitcher of beer into a game of "baseball" when I took a seat at their table in USC's on-campus bar and asked for an interview.

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Related Topix: Sigma Nu, Student Society, Fraternities, Sierra Madre, CA, Middlebury College, Family, Kids

Mon Sep 01, 2008

Press-Telegram

Governor gets port drilling measure

A bill that would allow for additional onshore oil drilling in the Port of Long Beach and could potentially feed the cash-strapped city $130 million over 10 years cleared the state Assembly Sunday and headed to ...

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Related Topix: Wilmington, CA, Long Beach, CA, Los Angeles Metro

Wed Aug 27, 2008

SFGate

Craftsmanship in rural Valley Ford

It's a little off the beaten track for a design showroom, but Valley Ford in rural Sonoma County was perfect for Sharon Eager and Craig Collins when they moved from Marin County six years ago.

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Related Topix: Marin County, CA, Sausalito, CA, Sonoma County, CA, Agriculture, Science, Bodega Bay, CA

Mon Aug 25, 2008

West County Gazette - Sonoma County C...

Vacation at Home Part 3

Summer is almost over and kids are heading back to school, tourists are going home and we're all trying to get our last licks in before the rains start - please let the rains start! NOW is the time to get out ...

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Related Topix: Graton, CA, Home Gardening, Home, Bodega, CA, Point Reyes Station, CA

Sat Aug 23, 2008

San Diego CityBEAT

Ghost of its former self

In May 2000, the city of San Diego's code compliance department received a complaint from a tenant at the Coast Hotel, a residential hotel located Downtown: "Noise, dirt, gnats, roaches, beatles [sic], moths, ...

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Related Topix: San Diego Metro

Thu Aug 21, 2008

Los Angeles Times

College leaders hope to renew debate on a lower drinking age

As college students gear up for annual back-to-school parties, a group of university and college presidents in California and across the country this week pushed for a national debate over whether the drinking ...

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Related Topix: Whittier College, Middlebury College, Whittier, CA

Tue Aug 19, 2008

AIA East Bay

Panel Discussion: Defining the Net Zero Energy Building- Is It Attainable?

Join us for this informative and lively discussion Tuesday , August 19, 2008 at 6:00pm. Many thanks to the Young Architects Forum and the Committee on the Environment for organizing this joint program.

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Related Topix: Evergreen State College, Solar Energy, Science / Technology, Alternative Energy, University of Oregon

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