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CALTRANS’ BYPASS DECEIT To the editor: I agree with those who call for civility. We should listen and treat each other with respect, even when we disagree. At the same time, I need to acknowledge my strong emotions about this bypass — the...

30 Years of SXSW Since 2000-2010 part 3 SXSW 2000 “SXSW, the music, film and multimedia conference… exposed the ferocious effects of new technology on the record business.” -The New York Times Steve Earle at SXSW 2000. Photo by Martha Grenon. Tenacious...

The creator of Beavis and Butt-Head aims his snark cannon at the tech startup scene in his new HBO show, Silicon Valley.   Zachary Scott The Goolybib party is well under way, and you can smell the self-congratulatory excess. The company, which...

THE WORLD FOOD CRISIS The World Food Program’s description of the global food crisis raises the specter of a natural disaster surging over an unaware populace that is helpless in the face of massive destruction. With billions of people at risk of hunger...

"The last great frontier," people called it. "The next Palm Springs." "The desert of plenty." It was the mid 1950s, and Borrego Springs—a tiny unincorporated community located smack in the middle of the sprawling Anza-Borrego Desert—was poised to become...