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Tuesday, December 01, 2009 Hit It and Quit It! - Stop Talking and Hike Already "A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs." --Mark Twain I watched some guy in the Stinson Beach Parking lot pacing back and forth waving his hands in awkward gestures like an actor rehearsing for "Waiting for Godot." He went on and ...

Free lecture: a oeThankful for Mark Twain: Two Scholars Share Their Appreciation,a 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Nov.

It's easy to feel like you've gone back in time in parts of Nevada City - horse-drawn carriages clop past old Victorians, gas lamps glow on narrow downtown streets, storeowners don Victorian-era garb on weekends.

Veteran mix engineer John Kerns spent the summer of 2009 on the road with No Doubt, and the following Q & A provides background on John as well as his work with one of the summer's largest concert tours Q. How did you get started in the business? John Kerns: I played in bands when I was young.

Mark Twain once said, "whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting over." Indeed, this has been true, from Mulholland diverting flows from the Owens Valley to L.A. to local water wars involving the vast underground San Gabriel Basin.

Peter Fish , besides having a great name, has a great take on our Golden State and has for years.

"Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it." ~ Mark Twain Twain's wisdom came to mind as I read a recent article by new Dispatch columnist John Larson about medical marijuana dispensaries.

In the late fifties, when the Mountain Ranch Hotel was last up for sale, it would have been charitably called a fixer-upper. Wallpaper hung from the stately home's high ceilings, there were rats in the water tank and, said current owner Tim Lane.

Governor Schwarzenegger signed a series of measures to rebuild the state's aging water system.

Mark Twain coined the phrase "whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting over." It's a fight that's gone on for decades.

A portion of the Huxtable family reunited as Phylicia Rashad and Malcolm-Jamal Warner supported "The Cosby Show" husband and father Monday night in Washington, D.C. Bill Cosby was presented with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

In a region where eccentricity is hailed as high art, Joaquin Miller is a maestro.

Splatter a bit of blood on your wine label and you might just have a seasonal superstar.

If people were paintings, Exene Cervenka might be a Picasso line drawing. In conversation, as in her considerable body of work, the founding member of X expresses herself concisely, every thought contributing to a larger picture that could come only from her.

At the Atheist Alliance International Convention in Burbank, California Friday night, Sean Faircloth, executive director of the Secular Coalition for America made a stirring case for stripping religion and religious institutions of the special status they hold in American politics and policy.

The Long Beach Unified School District has won a $3.5 million federal grant to provide teacher training and a more advanced curriculum at five of its preschool sites.

The Executive Director of the Calaveras County Chamber of Commerce, Diane Gray, doesn't see any evidence of an economic rebound.

Hail to the emperor: It is the anniversary of his accession, after all. It was 150 years ago today that Emperor Norton, one of San Francisco's most colorful characters, became the self-proclaimed ruler of the free world and the defender of Mexico.