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Don Curlee: Race for space to grow hits farmers hard

Space is required for farmers to grow food. When competition occurs for acreage to provide recreational and other needs for society, farmers often take the biggest hit.

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Fri Dec 25, 2009

Tahoe Daily Tribune

On his 200th birthday, the legend of Kit Carson endures

The Kit Carson Lodge west of Kirkwood, named after the famous mountain man, has provided an alpine escape on Silver Lake for more than 80 years.

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Wed Dec 23, 2009

San Jose Mercury News

Let the water wars begin again

There will be wildly contentious battles over ballot propositions this year, with fights over a possible repeal of the Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriages, whether to hold a state constitutional convention and whether to legalize marijuana completely, to name just three hot-button initiatives heading for a popular vote.

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Fri Dec 11, 2009

The Signal

.com's Daybreak: Dec. 10, 2009

Hello, Santa Clarita Valley! Welcome to The-Signal.com's Daybreak, your point of entry for the day, and a quick journey through the past, present and future.

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Wed Dec 09, 2009

SF Weekly

Fish & Farm: 'Tis the season for comfort food

Spoonful of yum: A cheesecake of ricotta, cranberry jam, and butter crumble. Where: 339 Taylor Details: 474-3474, www.fishandfarmsf.com . Dinner 5-10 p.m. Tue.-Wed., 5-11 p.m. Thu.-Sat.; happy hour 4-6 p.m. Tue.-Sat. Closed Sun.

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Wed Dec 02, 2009

MoreMarin

Hit It and Quit It! - Stop Talking and Hike Already

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 ...

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Tue Nov 24, 2009

SignOnSanDiego.com

Senior Scene

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

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Sun Nov 22, 2009

SF Gate

Where history meets hippie

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.

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Fri Nov 20, 2009

ProSoundWeb

In Profile: No Doubt Engineer John Kerns & His Work On The 2009 Concert Tour

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.

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Sat Nov 14, 2009

Whittier Daily News

Our View: Water package has many pluses

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.

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Fri Nov 13, 2009

NBC Los Angeles

California's Best

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

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Wed Nov 11, 2009

The Dispatch

Columnist's NIMBYbess and numbskull marijuana logic

"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.

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Mon Nov 09, 2009

Union Democrat

Historic hotel back on market

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.

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Sat Nov 07, 2009

ABC7 KGO

Schwarzenegger signs water system bill

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

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Fri Oct 30, 2009

KMPH-TV Fresno

Central Valley Water Crisis

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.

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Tue Oct 27, 2009

KGET-TV Bakersfield

Bill Cosby Awarded Mark Twain Prize for American Humor - ET

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.

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Wed Oct 21, 2009

SFGate

Joaquin Miller's Abbey to be restored

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

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Fri Oct 09, 2009

The Press-Enterprise

SIP: Halloween wines go red, white and boo

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

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Mon Oct 05, 2009

Los Angeles Times

Keeping up with Exene Cervenka

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.

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Fri Oct 02, 2009

Examiner.com

Secular Coalition chief to atheist convention: 'Our efforts are not yet worthy'

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.

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