Wanda Jackson Throws a Party at SOhO
The Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Famer plays a pre-New Year’s Eve show on Friday, December 30.
Year: 2011
Fringe Beat Listomania
As the year turns, the mind reels back, especially for those of us synched to the clock and calendar as cultural obsessives trying to make sense of a given year gone by.
Young Adult
The team that brought us Juno delivers this tale of a failed fiction writer that’s filled with squandered promise.
Beach Sampling Results, Dec. 19th
Zero beaches at warning level in this week’s report.
Save Medi-Cal
Last month’s quietly enacted, draconian cuts to the Medi-Cal program reduced reimbursements to below the cost of actually providing care. In some cases, pharmacies will have to pay money out of their own pockets to provide medications to Medi-Cal patients, receiving only a fraction of the actual cost for filling the prescription.
Bess Christensen: 1916-2011
Bess was a woman of great strength and integrity who made a positive difference in our community. She was not afraid to get up and tell elected officials they were wrong, but she did it with such civility that often they thanked her and sometimes they changed their former position.
How to Kick the Holiday Blues
Write down three things every morning between now and New Year’s Day that you are thankful for.
Casa de la Raza in Hot Water
Financial woes and tax troubles are ailing the longtime Latino rights organization, perhaps forcing the auction of its Eastside headquarters.
S.B. Big Trees
The largest and most imposing tree still gracing our cityscape is the Moreton Bay fig tree.
Bolstering Health in Bolivia
Here’s why you should support the Rio Beni Health Foundation, which is a model for how to improve lives in poor countries.