Fiscal Cliff's Notes

For this season's shopping, do like they do on Capitol Hill

• by Leilani Clark, Rachel Dovey, Nicolas Grizzle and Gabe Meline
• Tags: Features, holiday gift guide

An Unheard War

Sebastopol's Barbara Briggs-Letson returns from Pakistan determined to spread the word about U.S. drone strikes

• by Leilani Clark
• Tags: News, drone warfare, Barbara Briggs-Letson, Medea Benjamin

Safe Streets

• by Leilani Clark
• Tags: News, Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition, Dry Creek Rancheria, Vulnerable User Protection Ordinance

Nice or Naughty

'Carol' and 'Santaland': community spirit meets subversion

• by David Templeton
• Tags: Theater, Santaland Diaries, David Yen, Spreckles Performing Arts Center

Rhythm and Hues

'Life of Pi' is Ang Lee's phastasmagorical meditation

• by Richard von Busack
• Tags: Movies, Ang Lee, Life of Pi

Flip the Switch

Separating Rihanna from Chris Brown, again

• by Gabe Meline
• Tags: Music, Rihannon, Unapologetic, Chris Brown

C'est Fantastique

El Radio Fantastique turn up the antique radio

• by Jacquelynne Ocaña
• Tags: Music, El Radio Fantastique, Walking Dead

Altered Images

Finley Center spotlights underground artists

• by Gabe Meline
• Tags: Arts, Altered exhibit, Finley Center

Purge the Panettone

Food gifts outside the Hickory Farms box

• by Nicolas Grizzle
• Tags: Dining, culinary gifts, food gifts

WALT Wines

A meritocracy of Pinot

• by James Knight
• Tags: Swirl, WALT Wines, Kathryn Hall

Spreading the Wealth

• by Nicolas Grizzle
• Tags: Dining, Dining Out for Life, Food for Thought, Sonoma County AIDS Food Bank

Dock in the Arbor

Jim Robbins on embracing (and planting more) trees

• by Juliane Poirier
• Tags: Green Zone, Champion Tree Project, The Man Who Planted Trees: Lost Groves, Champion Trees and an Urgent Plan to Save the Planet, Jim Robbins

Letters to the Editor:November 21, 2012

Letters to the Editor:November 21, 2012

Union City Blue

A tearful wake for Twinkies from a freshly laid-off Hostess employee

• by Dave Dulberg
• Tags: Open Mic, Hostess, union layoffs, Wonder Bread