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Litquake Begins

Litquake--the West Coast's pre-eminent literary arts festival--kicked off Friday night at San Francisco's Herbst Theater with readings from and by Bay Area writers. The night marked the 50th anniversary of Allen Ginsberg's reading of the poem "Howl" at the Six...

Are We Ready for the Big One?

In the wake of the awesome damage Hurricane Katrina unleashed on the Gulf Coast this month, the City of Oakland has joined many other communities across the nation in offering emergency personnel, food and supplies to the victims of this...

Let the Sun Shine on Politics of Global Warming

This week I threw a switch that activated California’s largest corporate solar power installation, a system that will provide 80 percent of the energy supply for the FedEx hub at Oakland International Airport. FedEx’s system, designed by the PowerLight Corporation,...

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