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 Pacific Sun News is available via a RSS news reader. Friday, February 3, 2012
Review: 'Big Miracle'
With "Big Miracle," the new PG "Save the Whales" drama starring Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski, perhaps the title sets an expectation that Ken Kwapis' movie can't quite deliver. The original title was "Everybody Loves Whales," which suggests a sitcom nobody wants to see. -- PC (Friday, 3:58 PM)
Review: 'Woman in Black'
This chilling adaptation of Susan Hill's 1983 novel offers British actor Daniel Radcliffe a chance to shed his "Harry Potter" persona. Radcliffe plays it somber and stoic in "The Woman in Black," his understated performance complementing the film's spooky atmosphere. -- TH (Friday, 3:57 PM)
Putting the 'know' in GMO...
Would labeling gene-modified foods plant a seed in consumers' minds? (Friday, 3:27 PM)
Talking Pictures: They don't make 'em like they used to
Lovable cynic Mort Sahl decries Hollywood's lack of optimism
(Friday, 2:38 PM)
Going Green: Into the great wide open
Nature deficit disorder is the disease—and Marin's naturalists may hold the cure... (Friday, 2:22 PM)
Supes to weigh in on indefinite detention
The Marin County Board of Supervisors may be taking a stand in the federal War on Terror--at least in a small way next week when the board decides upon whether to send a letter of support to Sen. Dianne Feinstein regarding her Due Process Guarantee Act of 2011. (Friday, 9:51 AM)
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Going Green: All green and a bag of chips!
Welcome to Marin, the eco-friendly lunchbox capital of
the world... (Thursday, 3:37 PM)
All in Good Taste: Cupid, draw out your belt
Around here we'll have chances for celebrating love and life throughout the week and I'm happy to note that some of these events are refreshingly atypical... (Thursday, 3:17 PM)
Souza pleads guilty to murder
Frank Souza will receive life without the possibility of parole for 2010 prison-yard stabbing. (Thursday, 1:09 PM)
'Phonic boom!
This month we focus on one of the brightest lights currently coming out of the Bay Area music scene, the funk-soul juggernaut known as Monophonics.
(Thursday, 12:15 PM)
Smart-meter 'opt out' approved--at a price
In the world of energy meters, some things change, some stay the same--well, for $10 a month they do. (Thursday, 10:48 AM)
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Letter: Dead air
Nikki Silverstein's story on the format change at KGO ("Cumulus Killed the Radio Star?" Jan. 4) is one of the best editorials I have read in your magazine in years... (Wednesday, 1:01 PM)
What's on tonight?
Flipping around with That TV Guy (Wednesday, 12:57 PM)
Marin Fire Chief to retire
Ken Massucco is riding off into the sunset--a blazing one no doubt--at the end of March, after 38 years of stamping out scorchers in Marin. (Wednesday, 11:56 AM)
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Developers get green light in Novato
Novato's Hanna Ranch Project is moving ahead, and when the thus-far undeveloped land opens its hotel and retail center, Novato city officials are expecting a net financial benefit to the City of about $500,000--and that's after the five-year Measure F sales tax ends. (Tuesday, 1:41 PM)
Monday, January 30, 2012
Letter: We'll meter again, don't know where, don't know when...
... in fairness, that "zero" has also been earned by the California Public Utilities Commission... (Monday, 7:38 PM)
What's on tonight?
A look at the listings with That TV Guy (Monday, 7:38 PM)
Anybody know anything about directin' plays?
Mountain Play seeking applicants to helm 2013 production... (Monday, 4:49 PM)
Heroes of the Week
Marin is full of talented folks... (Monday, 2:43 PM)
Ruthless officiancy
I no longer ruin wedding ceremonies-I now conduct them!
(Monday, 2:36 PM)
Repeal-SMART puffs out of signatures
Without the signatures to require a place on the ballot, the registrar of voters will turn the petition over to SMART, whose board will almost certainly reject the proposal at its meeting next month. (Monday, 1:22 PM)
Sausalito simmers over fire annexation
Are opponents crying 'fire' in crowded theater? (Monday, 12:02 PM)
Friday, January 27, 2012
Wife takes stand in Novato murder trial
They 'wanted to kill my husband. That's all they wanted to do...' (Friday, January 27, 2012, 2:31 PM)
Letter of the Week: They may be paranoid, but it doesn't mean airplane vapor ain't out to get them!
...and a comment from the author! (Friday, January 27, 2012, 2:23 PM)
Single in the Suburbs: Matches made in heaven
God works in mysterious ways—but this takes the babke!
(Friday, January 27, 2012, 2:16 PM)
The Wrath of Khan
Synopsis of Sunday's showing of the Rafael's 'Science on the Screen' series... (Friday, January 27, 2012, 2:15 PM)
Best sound editing? I don't know nuthin' 'bout sound editing!
If you think Sean Penn was confused in The Tree of Life you oughta see him taking the Pacific Sun Oscar Challenge... Click here to vote! And be sure to mark Feb. 26 on your calendars--it's Oscar Night America at the Rafael Film Center, where you can compare your predictions with ours replete with wine, dinner, a raffle, an auction and an official Oscar program book from the Academy. www.cafilm.org/oscars. (Friday, January 27, 2012, 12:38 PM)
Supes to check out library redesign
(Friday, January 27, 2012, 12:03 PM)
Review: 'The Grey'
Beware the wolf pack. No, it's not another sequel to "The Hangover," but something almost as scary. Action-horror hybrid "The Grey" pits man (Liam Neeson) versus wild (bloodthirsty wolves) in a sub-Arctic death match. -- PC (Friday, January 27, 2012, 11:01 AM)
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Food: Bites of Fancy
It just isn't the Fancy Food Show until they whip out the meat-flavored popcorn... (Thursday, January 26, 2012, 2:55 PM)
CineMarin: You 'Khan' always get what you want
'Star Trek II,' and the power of positive thinking (Thursday, January 26, 2012, 2:42 PM)
County clarifies zoning code
Affordable housing master-plan requirement eliminated in some unincorporated communities. (Thursday, January 26, 2012, 12:49 PM)
Head above Sweetwater
After months of delays, and considerable anticipation, the latest nightclub to bear the Sweetwater moniker takes its place with a soft opening this week on the suddenly resurgent Marin club scene.
(Thursday, January 26, 2012, 12:07 PM)
Head above Sweetwater
After months of delays, and considerable anticipation, the latest nightclub to bear the Sweetwater moniker takes its place with a soft opening this week on the suddenly resurgent Marin club scene.
(Thursday, January 26, 2012, 12:01 PM)
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
How Sweet it sounds
Workers were still putting the finishing touches on the high-tech sound system at the new Sweetwater Tuesday night--in anticipation of the Jan. 27 return of the legendary Mill Valley music club in its new digs at the Masonic Lodge at 19 Corte Madera Ave. (Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 3:13 PM)
Hero
Help from a stranger at a gas station... (Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 10:10 AM)
Zero
...making a 12-year-old Mill Valley girl the victim (Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 10:10 AM)
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