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Sonoma County Opens ‘Recycletown’

February 12, 2015 by sergneri

On Saturday, June 27, at the County Sanitary Landfill on Mecham Road off south Stony Point Road between Petaluma and Cotati, “Recycletown” will be officially inaugurated by Garbage Reincarnation, Inc., the Sonoma County Community Recycling Center, and by the Sonoma County Public Works Department. Recycletown is a place where citizens can bring used oil, paint, … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, Environment, Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, History, Sea Stories, Thinking about Tagged: Cotati, Garbage Reincarnation Inc., Mecham Road, Petaluma, RecycleTown, Scarp Craft, Scrapture, Sonoma County, Sonoma county landfill, The Dump

Obviously, the trance had begun.

February 4, 2015 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Guache, india ink, 9.8 x 13.9 in, 2006. The title is literally ripped from the book Juliet of the Spirits where I opened the book at a random place and found the one sentence that fit the picture. That was pasted onto the paper and became the title.

Posted in: Content, Faits Divers, Sea Stories Tagged: 2006, Federico Fellini, Guache, india ink, Obviously, sergneri art, the trance had begun.

a boy named Wm. H. White, aged 13 years

February 2, 2015 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Daily Alta California,12 January 1862 (San Francisco, CA) $25 Reward. LEFT HIS HOME ON MONDAY, DEC. 30th, a boy named Wm. H. White, aged 13 years a he was accompanied by an Indian boy. The boys had double barrelled shot gun. When last seen, they were at the Presidio. The above reward will be paid … [Read more…]

Posted in: California Newspaper Archive, Faits Divers

“French Mary”

January 29, 2015 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Daily Alta California, 1 May 1871 Suicide. — About nlne o’clock last evening a woman of the town, known as “French Mary,” committed suicide by taking a dose of laudanum at her rooms in an alleyway running off to Dupont street, near Broadway. She has made several attempts at self-destruction, but was always thwarted in … [Read more…]

Posted in: California Newspaper Archive, Faits Divers Tagged: 1871, French Mary, Laudanum, SUICIDE

JAMES EDWARD JACKSON, Jr. THESE COMMIE LEADERS …

January 5, 2015 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Sausalito News, 23 August 1951 page 3  http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SN19510823.2.6&e=——-en–20–1–txt-txIN——-# THESE COMMIE LEADERS ARE BEING SOUGHT BY THE FBI JAMES EDWARD JACKSON Jr.. Southern Regional Director of the Communist party, USA age 36, born November 29, 1914. Richmond, Virginia; height 5 feet 6½ inches; weight, 160 pounds; build, medium; hair, black, curly, bald in front; eyes, brown; … [Read more…]

Posted in: California Newspaper Archive, Racism, Thinking about Tagged: 1951, Communist, Jackson, Sausalito

Marin County Traffic – Sausalito News 29 October 1954

January 2, 2015 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Knight Tours Marin Hi-ways Governor Goodwin Knight made an inspection tour of Marin county this week to study the county’s traffic problems. The tour started at the Golden Gate bridge and the next stop was the Waldo widening project where Governor Knight inspected the new Waldo tunnel. He also took a look at the Richardson … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, Climate Change, Environment, History, Politics, the Anthropocene Tagged: Corte Madera, Director of Public Works Frank Durkee, Golden Gate bridge, Governor Goodwin Knight, Greenbrae, Marin county, Marin County Traffic, Traffic, Waldo grade, Waldo tunnel

Sausalito News, 29 October 1954 – “sex deviate hang-outs.”

January 1, 2015 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Three Sausalito Bars Are Under Military Survey Three Sausalito bars are among the Bay Area taverns undergoing a military survey to determine whether they are “sex deviate hang-outs.” The survey was announced this week by the Armed Forces Disciplinary Control Board. The board had indicated that if the bars in question are found to be … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive Tagged: 1954, deviates, homosexual, Sausalito, sex deviate hang-outs, Stinson Beach

Riots in Memphis 1866

January 1, 2015 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Marysville Daily Appeal, Volume XIII, Number 107, 6 May 1866 Riot at Memphis (Tenn.)—Large number or Negroes killed and their Houses Burned— Gen. Stoneman takes Military Possession of the City. MEMPHIS, May 4th. The Memphis Riot culminated in a great conflagration of the negro quarters on Wednesday night, and the killing of some 15 negroes … [Read more…]

Posted in: California Newspaper Archive, Faits Divers, History, Politics, Racism, Slavery, Thinking about Tagged: 6 May 1866, Memphis, Tennessee, The Memphis Riot

EASTWARD BY RAIL. Daily Alta California, Volume 21, Number 7013, 1 June 1869

December 27, 2014 by sergneri 1 Comment

EASTWARD BY RAIL. [FROM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE ALTA.] [NO. 1.] Travellers’ Tricks of Sleeping— Rations on the Road— Scenery Around Salt Lake— Fall- ing into the Hands of the Enemy— A Hail Storm in the Mountains— Crossing the “Bad Place”— Echo Canon— Trials and Tribulations— in Smooth Water Once More. Omaha, May 2d.1869. … [Read more…]

Posted in: California Newspaper Archive Tagged: Central Railroad, Omaha, Rail Travel, Railroad, Sacramento, San Francisco, Union Pacific Railroad

La Cuchara De San Telmo

December 15, 2014 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Some things we ate in San Sebastian in 2002: Tuna stuffed tomatoes Foie gras with apricots Gazpacho with beets and shrimp Goat Cheese Torta with Apple Sauce Spinach Ravioli with Bacon Stuffed Peppers with queso Bacalao with peppers and onions on bread Squid with green onions Squid with Spinach Cod with parsley sauce Roast duck … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faits Divers Tagged: Basque Cuisine, La Cuchara, San Sebastian, Spain
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