Online surveillance of Americans
Jul 8, 2025

Big Data Is Watching and Corporate Media Doesn’t Care

As the second Trump administration is dispatching its minions to stalk U.S. streets, smashing citizens’ First Amendment rights, in partnership with unregulated Big Tech, it also surveils online, helping itself to citizens’ personal identifiable information (PII). In the...
Marin Jazz moves to iconic Lark Theater in Larkspur, California.
Jul 8, 2025

Marin Jazz Swings Into a New Era at Lark Theater

In a move that harmonizes style, soul and civic-mindedness, Marin Jazz is making a melodic leap from the Marin Center Showcase Theater to the iconic Lark Theater in downtown Larkspur.  Beginning with the 2025–26 season, the nonprofit jazz...
Daedalus Howell hosts At-Large, a new raadio show.
Jul 8, 2025

Media Served Rare: ‘Legacy’ forms still resonate

The media is like that apocryphal Mark Twain quote—the reports of its death are greatly exaggerated. It hasn’t died so much as evolved, perhaps beyond recognition, but vestigial elements persist. This is the case for so-called legacy media—print,...
Jul 8, 2025

Free Will Astrology: 7/9-7/15

ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the days before lighthouses, some coastal communities used “fire beacons”—elevated structures where people tended open flames to guide sailors....
Chef Les Goodman from Mable's, a new restaurant in Marshall, California
It would be hard to find any similarities between West Marin County and Las Vegas. But for chef Les Goodman, a culinary career spanning 25 years...
Debra Mathy, owner of Dutcher Crossing Winery in vineyard
Debra Mathy acquired Dutcher Crossing Winery in 2007, transforming it from a 35-acre property producing five varietals into 75 acres of estate-designated vineyards crafting 30 wines...
Free Range  As we celebrated the Fourth of July, did we pause to consider the basic freedoms of animals? Whether hunted in the wild; confined in laboratories;...
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