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The May Day Melee
Nearly 20 years ago, a peaceful protest in LA was declared an "unlawful assembly" and turned violent.
Jul 17, 2025
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MacArthur Park
It's much more than the title of a song.
Jul 3, 2025
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Water Baby
This lifelong Californian thought she knew all there was to know about water and beach culture.
Dec 27, 2024
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Santa's Eyes
Short fiction for the holidays ... and a lesson about publishing your stories.
Dec 20, 2024
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Woodstock Comes Home to Roost
That time Peanuts cartoonist and fellow Californian Charles M. Schulz helped me decorate my bedroom.
Dec 13, 2024
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Be Kind, Ask for Help, Hang In There, Somebody Needs You
Some thoughts on preparing for the darkness of winter.
Dec 6, 2024
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Heading into winter like ...
bring on the hot chocolate, the cozy sweaters, and the rainy-day naps.
Nov 29, 2024
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Books: Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
This novel about siblings bound by their mother's choices travels to the Caribbean, but it begins and ends in San Diego, California.
Nov 22, 2024
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Crossing the Border
Flipping the false rhetoric about undocumented immigrants on its head.
Nov 15, 2024
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The California Housing Crisis
Spoiler alert: undocumented immigrants aren't to blame.
Nov 8, 2024
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SLO Surreal
That time The Surreal Life came to San Luis Obispo, California.
Nov 1, 2024
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Books: The Deading by Nicholas Belardes
My not-a-book-review book review of a debut eco-horror novel that is set in the place where I live and has lots of the things I love.
Oct 25, 2024
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