News Briefs

• by Patricia Lynn Henley

Fuel to the Fire

Rotten apples and spoiled wine? The Green Energy Network models decentralized ethanol production for everyone

• by Bruce Robinson

Dutch Courage

'Black Book': resistance member by day, Hollandaise hooker by night

• by Richard von Busack

Three chamber art

Lucky us: The North Bay is lousy with strings this weekends

• by Gabe Meline

Trimming the Herd

Darwin Awards enjoy nonsurvival of the thickest

Singular Status

With the popularity of hit song downloads, is the single once again king?

Making Change

Will Dean & DeLucca's purchase of Oakville Grocery erase the past?

• by Jonah Raskin

Wine Tasting

Kokomo Winery

• by James Knight

First Bite

The General's Daughter

• by Amanda Yskamp

Morsels

Italians Take S.F.

• by Alastair Bland

Here's a Stretch

Rowling, 'Potter,' Mitford and the American Communist Party

Birds on a Page

Renowned illustrator depicts Napa County's avifauna

Odds and Sods

The little three-dot thingee necessary to all Lit issues

Local Lit

Our twice yearly roundup of what the neighbors are up to

Blank Page

How could I forget that I wrote a novel?

Family Lies

A. M. Homes' 'Daughter' searches for identity

Tech Teens

Author assures that Gen-Y's e-obsession is perfectly healthy

Land Lover

Author Dan Imhoff reconciles wildness with cultivation