As we got on the boat, sunlight brightened the sky, coloring the clouds a soft pastel pink. Most of the researchers on the 67-foot catamaran called The Fulmar appeared tired yet focused, putting away ...

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It’s slippery and much contended, but at present, the possessor of the North Bay pizza crown is Psychic Pie ...

FUNNYWOMAN Sue Murphy is ticked. She's waging her own personal battle with cyberspace--and so far the Web is winning. Case in point: Just try looking up this stand-up celebrity and television comedian ...

FIRST, A FEW confessions. My record collection still harbors a scratchy copy of saxophonist Tom Scott and the L.A. Express' seminal 1975 L.A. jazz-pop album Tom Cat (A&M). Those funky lite-jazz ...

If you go out for pizza in Mill Valley and see more people playing Scrabble than eating pizza, don't do a double take. Especially if it's a Thursday night at Round Table, because that is when and ...

In Sonoma County, where the vines run deep, and the family ties run even deeper, wineries aren’t just businesses—they’re ...

Sweet T’s Restaurant + Bar in Windsor, California, has been voted Best Restaurant & Best Fried Chicken in Sonoma County. Ask Ann Tussey what motivated her to start Southern-style Sweet T’s Restaurant ...

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SAUCE, n. The one infallible sign of civilization and enlightenment. A people with no sauces has one thousand vices; a people with one sauce has only nine hundred and ninety-nine. For every sauce ...

In Japanese, the word "judo" means "gentle way." Brute force is shunned. Instead, it's a sport where strength merges with grace, a gentleman's game emphasizing character and honor. So it didn't help ...