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An Avocado Story
From the Aztecs to the Austin Aztex, everybody's eating avocados
"...unless you live in an avocado-growing region like Southern California or Florida (or perhaps the Rio Grande Valley in..."

Aug. 1, 2008 Food Feature by MM Pack

The Supremes Take a Hit
The federalist smoke from medical marijuana reaches the Supreme Court. Can they clear the air on states' rights, pot, and the Constitution?
"...commerce of the otherwise illegal drug? If you ask California medi-pot patients Angel Raich and Diane Monson, the answer..."

Dec. 10, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Letters at 3AM
Most of the American soldiers who have died in Iraq came from little places that the 21st century has left behind
"...Harrison County, Mississippi ... Los Angeles ... La Mesa, California ... Smithville, Missouri ... Buffalo, New York ... Easton,..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

Naked City
Mining the Golden State
"...that Bush continues to make a big push in California, a state the Democrats absolutely must win if they..."

Oct. 29, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Reefer Madness: The Thin Green Line
Author Jonah Raskin explores the contradictions of life in Marijuanaland
"...and a professor at Sonoma State University in Northern California (chair of the Communications Studies Department). Raskin uses marijuana,..."

Oct. 7, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Daily Muddies the Legal Waters
'Statesman' case against Williamson candidate is more complex than they think
"...management, finance and law – most of that in California" when in fact she has only been "licensed to..."

Oct. 29, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Pipe Dreams
Chapter 37 From Robert Bryce's new book on Enron
"...Although the California energy crisis was raging throughout Bush's first few months..."

Oct. 4, 2002 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Bigger, Better, Smarter
San Diego is everything Austin wants to be: livable, transit-oriented, pedestrian-friendly, and downtown-centric. But will tools that worked in the nation's largest border and military base town translate to Central Texas?
"...Diego is America's sixth-largest city and the second-largest in California, although the one-county metropolitan area pales next to the..."

Jan. 14, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Art Fights the Power
The Liberating Artwork of Malaquías Montoya
"...I Pledge Berkeley, California,1968: The Chicano Movement is born. Cesar Chavez and his..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Arts Feature by Sam Martin

Belly of the Beast
Shocking and timely documentary exposes forced hysterectomies in California prisons
"...woman who was sterilized against her will in a California prison – and segues into issues of domestic violence,..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Movie Review by Sarah Marloff

How Texas Is Texas Wine?
What “Truth in Labeling” means for Texas winemakers and vineyards
"...only partly Texan – particularly if it's also from California, forgive my language," Rep. Isaac explained to council members..."

April 28, 2017 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

Weed Watch
The Feds and Mounties whisk a medi-pot patient from his Vancouver hospital bed and into jail.
"...on charges related to a 2001 marijuana bust in California. Tuck, an Army vet, uses marijuana to help treat..."

Nov. 25, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Midwives: From L.A. to Santa Fe
The legal state of midwifery (Chronicle reprint from 1993)
"...police swept into the Gentle Birth Center in Glendale, California, and began confiscating computers, books, records and the personal..."

Nov. 14, 2003 News Feature by Robert Bryce

The World as He Knows It
H.W. Brands? The Age of Gold is just the latest in a long line of well-crafted history.
"...long line of books, The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream (Doubleday, 550..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Books Feature by Tim Walker

Wasn't It FABulous?
Economic and environmental consequences of high tech plant closings are potentially grim.
"...of embarrassing baggage, having abandoned disastrous environmental legacies in California's Silicon Valley and Phoenix's Silicon Desert...."

Nov. 2, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

We're with Lloyds
The battle over homeowners insurance rates is front and center at the Lege
"...... ultimately there isn't a whole lot of difference."The California Solution Harvey Rosenfield, of the California-based Foundation for Taxpayer..."

March 21, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Zinophiles
The Zinfandel Advocates and Producers Come to Austin
"...in the 1820s. It eventually moved west with the California gold rush, and, even after the gold ran out,..."

April 20, 2001 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Miracle Man
When an actor's bio claims 14,000 performances to his credit, you rather expect the fellow to have some good stories. And Eddie Bracken doesn't disappoint. In anticipation of his appearance at a screening of Preston Sturges' The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, Bracken talks about Sturges, Betty Hutton, Hollywood, and hitchhiking.
"...a good friend of mine. He invited me to California, and when I was 15 years old, I thought..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

Day Trips
"...Highway 1 along the California Coast offers some spectacular views and great restaurants along..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Sxsw
"...Real does the same for his home state of California. (Bob Popular's Headliners Upstairs, 11pm)..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Trying To Fix the World
Five-year review of APD Chief Art Acevedo
"...says of his dad, who moved the family to California in part to help them to assimilate outside the..."

May 25, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Dear Porn Industry
Texas loves luring jobs from California
"...For all its condom use, California is not doing so great with its teen pregnancies..."

Jan. 19, 2012 Screens Post by Mr. Smarty Pants

Reefer Roundup: 10/30/11
Your drug war news
"...Angry over the federal crackdown on medi-pot dispensaries in California, Americans for Safe Access on Thursday filed a federal..."

Oct. 30, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Just Say No!
Rick Perry's approach to sex education has helped Texas boost its teen pregnancy rate
"...can be done – just consider the example of California, says colleague Johnson. With similar demographics and population size,..."

Oct. 28, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Crime After Crime
Emotionally powerful doc about the fight to free a domestic abuse survivor from jail
"...Peagler was sentenced to 25 years to life in California for her involvement in the murder of Oliver Wilson,..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Lincoln Lawyer
Matthew McConaughey is the titular lawyer who lands a high-profile case after a career spent defending dirtbags.
"...it's well-cast and well-shot, its color palette dominated by California's smog-sick, fervid yellows, and its beat informed by Seventies..."

March 25, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Letters at 3AM: A Paradox of Oligarchy
'Am I my brother's keeper?' is the fundamental question of government
"...the federal government's Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 and California's Proposition 13 of 1978...."

May 21, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Milk
Gus Van Sant's deeply heartfelt Milk, which features a magnificent performance by Sean Penn as the crusading gay activist, is a finely wrought yet fairly standard biopic.
"...advancing gay rights in San Francisco, the state of California, and the whole of America. Gus Van Sant’s very..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Liquid Assets
The 'Chronicle' food and wine update: spring, 2003
"...a 15-year veteran of Australia, France, New Zealand, and California wineries. After a stint with Robert Mondavi (working on..."

May 9, 2003 Food Column by Wes Marshall

Weed Watch
An overview of the latest developments on drug policy across the nation
"...The latest salvos in California's ongoing battle over the legality of medical marijuana have..."

Oct. 18, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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