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Napster, Ten Years On
Who knew a website could put a stake through the heart of stores where you walked in and bought a record or a CD?
In a story by Benny Evangelista for the San Francisco Chronicle (tinyurl.com/m8pzw3), the writer enumerates the different impacts that the Napster website has had on the Internet that we […]
“What do YOU think about the State’s plans to close 220+ state parks?”
(asked in the Columbia/Tuttletown area)
“They (the state) should look in a lot of different areas. Actually, Columbia, to me, is a moneymaker for the community. It brings in a lot of tourism and a lot of money. For every dollar that is spent […]
Mi-Wuk Library is set to begin it’s Summer Reading Program on Wednesday, June 17 from 2 to 5 p.m. Come in, sign up and receive your book bag, pencil, reading log and stickers. There will be special prizes for the time you spend reading during the summer. In addition, Mi-Wuk will host two programs in […]
How I Became A Vegetarian
Always up for an adventure in the culinary arts, my lady friend and I took the advice of some friends to try a new restaurant in the big city. A famous gourmand in our neck of the woods, Jerome gushed, “You simply must dine at Estancia de Los Gauchos if you’re […]
History of the Mountain Library at Pinecrest
By Merritt Cross, Pinecrest librarian from 1972-1995 and Alice Smith, Pinecrest librarian from 1996-2009
In the early 1940s, Annabel Munoz, the wife of the PG&E caretaker at Pinecrest, collected books on a shelf in her living room to share with the families living and working in Pinecrest. This was the […]
