“It’s getting dark out again. Here’s why it’s actually good for your health.”
—National Geographic, November 1, 2024
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“‘Into Unknown Skies’ Review: How the U.S. Achieved Liftoff”
—The Wall Street Journal, October 22, 2024
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“Rowing is hugely beneficial for older women. Here’s why I do it.”
—National Geographic, August 23, 2024
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“A Machine to Move Ocean and Earth”
—The Wall Street Journal, July 19, 2024
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“The Journey: A Profile of Poet and Memoirist Javier Zamora”
—Branson Magazine, Winter 2024
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New York Times guest essay: Lahaina’s Banyan Tree Stands Yet Much Hawaiian History Is Gone
Bookshelf: “Daughter of the Dragon” Review: The Star From Chinatown
Shivering at the Top of the World: A voyage to the Arctic reveals how climate change is tied to extreme weather in California and the West.
Bookshelf: ‘Mott Street’ Review: Once Upon A Time in Chinatown
Bookshelf: ‘The Wager’ Review: Shipwrecked and Worse
Bookshelf: ‘Who Killed Jane Stanford?’ Review: A Cold Case on Campus
Bookshelf: ‘The Gilded Edge’: Bohemian Tragedy
‘A Horrible Death to Die’; Behind the origin myth of Stanford University lies a century-old murder. The victim: the school’s chief founder and benefactor.
Bookshelf: ‘Facing the Mountain’ Review: Injustice and Valor
Archives Discoveries: Louis J Stellman’s Photographs of the Women Who Fought Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown
‘The Divine Miss Marble’ Review: Serving With a Smile, The Wall Street Journal
The Citizen Scholar Who Led the Hunt for Queen Lili’uokalani’s Lost Diaries
COVID-19 forces Californians to confront the overcrowded prisons in our back yards
Op Ed: As Statues Fall, Whom Should We Honor Instead?
Op Ed: Asian women fought the West’s slave trade. And then they were written out of history.
Bookshelf: ‘Black Death at the Golden Gate’ Review: San Francisco’s Plague Years
Seeking Refuge: After the 1906 Earthquake, a Group of More than 60 Chinese Women and Girls Fled to San Anselmo
Bookshelf: ‘The Browns of California’ Review: Golden State Dynasty
The Historic Hawaii Ranch of the Baldwin Family
In Tune With the Islands: Honolulu ukulele legend Eddie Kamae.
When It Gets Too Noisy in Paradise, They Call The “Frog Whisperer”
Creating: Coffee Beyond the Same Old Grind
A Grand Dame’s Whimsical Ranch
Creating: Images for Wine in Down-To-Earth Designs
Creating: When Work is All Fun and Games
Creating: Building the Buzz for Artisanal Honey
Father and Son: In Two Generations, Drug Research Sees a Big Shift
Take Monday Off: Honolulu
Creating: Capturing the Sounds of the Centuries
Creating: Tips from A Wine Therapist
Creating: A Breeder’s Quest For Perfect Puppies
Creating: Making a Man Into a Monument
Creating: Giving Glide to Legendary ‘Guns’
“‘The Descendants’ Aims to Lay Down the Law in Hawaii”
“The Home Front: Growing a Piece of History; How a 103-year-old created one of California’s most important gardens”
“Aloha, Lady Gaga: A New Wave Of Hula Gains Sway on the Mainland — Hawaiians Say Some Dancers Have Gone Off the Island; Accused of a ‘Lap Dance’”
“Creating: The Green Man Whose Gardens Defy Gravity”
“The Home Front: A Handmade Hangout in Hawaii; An artist’s funky compound, assembled over two decades, on
Maui’s North Shore”
Creating: A Rustic Architect to the Stars
“Searching for Hawaii’s Next Big Star”
“The Home Front: Poetry In the Palms — The lush Maui retreat of W.S. Merwin,
the U.S. poet laureate”
“In This Hawaiian Scavenger Hunt, A Princess Seeks Palace Treasures — King’s Bed Went Missing in 1893 Revolt, But Iowa Returns a Mahogany Chair”
Creating: John Adams, Composer: Busting Out of Musical Lockdown
“How to Pronounce Lili’uokalani? Ask Marvin Nogelmeier” – Man From Minnesota Teaches Hawaiians a Thing or Two About Their Own Language”
Bookshelf: “She Found a Way To Celebrate ” – Julia’s review of “The Widow Clicquot”
“Napa, Without the Wine – Gardens, architecture, cooking and the arts fuel many other passions in California’s Eden”
“Napa Valley Secret: A Fruitless Search for Rare Cabernet”
Screaming Eagle Winery Isn’t Receiving Visitors; Forget the Mailing List
“A Successful Vintner Pours His Passion Into Dynastic Dream”
Europe’s Wine Clans Inspire Mr. Harlan’s Grand Plan; Grooming a Teenage Son
“Wine Re-Enactment Runs Into Resistance, And Not Only French”
Blind-Tasting Triumph of ’76 Put California on Map; A Chill Over Chardonnay
“How Naples, Fla., Bested Napa, Calif., At Its Wine Game”
East Coast Oenophiles Know How to Treat a Billionaire At Exclusive Charity Event
“Grape Expectations: In Napa Valley, Winemaker’s Brands Divide an Industry”
‘Two-Buck Chuck’ Maker Owns Labels Based in Region; Vineyards Are Elsewhere — An Appeal to Supreme Court
“Grapes of Wrath: Inside a Napa Valley Empire, A Family Struggles With Itself”
Two Rival Mondavi Brothers Are Replaying Past Battles, Imperiling Their Winery
Undercut by Two-Buck Chuck
“Transparency Eludes Founder of Davos Forum”
Line Between Elite Group And Personal Ventures Is Sometimes Blurry
“Then Came Branson”
He’s flamboyant. He’s full of ideas. But is he flying too close to the sun?
“Millionaire Dons”
Entrepreneurship Is Flourishing in Britain’s Academic World
Bookshelf: ‘The Gilded Edge’ Review: Bohemian Tragedy