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Entries for December, 2010

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The Facebook furor, Bach rocks in Carmel, Dylan’s defiance and why California is still cool.

Call it the year of lame-duck achievements. Without attempting to gild the lily, 2010 ended better than it began. Here’s hoping the new year will bring us better times – and better luck. That said, a few of the more noteworthy cultural and political trends of the last 12 months ...

The Salinas-J. Edgar Hoover connection, a CSUMB grad’s Sundance success and David Ligare’s artistic accomplishments…

HOOVER DAMNED?: Dustin Lance Black is on the phone and he’s ready to do battle—politely but firmly—with the forces of evil. The North Salinas High School graduate who won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 2009 for Milk (Sean Penn took home the Best Actor award for his ...

Criminal justice in Salinas, cinema at CSUMB and celebrity sightings in Big Sur

SHORT STORY: The aftermath of the tragic accident in which Carmel photographer and gallery owner Rachael Short was partially paralyzed while returning from a Halloween party in Big Sur continued to play out in the legal system last week. Myles Goldman Lerner, the driver of the car who has been ...