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Monthly Archives: July 2009
Killing two birds with one stoner
A Stockton man named Andrew Squire has created a website called stonerdollars.com. One-quarter of every dollar you donate to him goes to pay for college in San Diego. The other 75 cents will go to marijuana reform groups.
So far he’s raised $51.21. Go, man!
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On not being mauled by Cougars
“We were trying to avoid losing money,” City Manager Gordon Palmer said of the new deal with the California Cougars indoor soccer team.
Good idea. Not having read the contract yet, I can’t say how well Palmer represented the city’s interests. But he is quoted in yesterday’s story as saying that the new deal charges the [...]
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Hey hey, he’s my buddy
From Peter Koulouris, who brought George Thorogood to the Lodi Grape Bowl on Friday:
Hi Mike. The attached photo shows what I did this past Saturday night – I partied with my old friend Mickey Dolenz of the Monkees at his hotel before watching the Hullaballoo concert backstage at Raley Field in Sacramento. Also performing with [...]
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Valley ag set to music
Barron Bixler, the photographer who captured brilliant images of San Joaquin Valley agriculture, has made his pictures into a three-minute film.
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Stockton’s chakra-like "power spots"
Reader Randy Berkman writes:
Very amusing, informative article on the mummy. Made me again think that Haggin/Victory Park is one of Stockton’s “power locations” (where higher energies, inspirations are fostered). The earth supposedly has such power spots (Mt. Shasta is the earth’s base or throat chakra depending on who you read). Enter “earth charkras” in search engine [...]
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An all-points bulletin for photos of J.D.
We’re gathering photographs for the Aug. 22 memorial service of John Delaney, the long time Delta College theater shop technicial and all-round colorful character I wrote about here.
If you have any–or know anyone who does–please let me know.
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Cunningham’s Castle
Comments caller Louise Bartholomew: “It (today’s column) would have been a little more colorful if you mentioned that the jail was called “Cunningham’s Castle” at that time. It really looked like a castle.”
Here you go, Louise:
Interesting sidenote about Cunningham’s Castle: The old brickheap lasted well into the 20th century, until a Bay Area reporter got [...]
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Behind the scenes of ADA lawsuits
I have come into possession of an e-mail sent by a Stockton resident to Roger Robinson, the wheelchair-bound man who has sued 25 local establishements for violations of the Americans With Disabilities Act. Most recently Robinson sued Chuck’s Hamburgers, but he backed off his demands for punitive damages and negotiated a reasonable settlement after I exposed [...]
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The Preserve makes waves in Los Angeles