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Sushi-Yu 2200 Redwood St., Vallejo 707 554-6888 Lunch: Tuesday ? Friday 11:30 ? 2:30 Dinner: Tuesday ? Sunday 5 ? 9:30 Closed Mondays Don?t let the location or the exterior fool you. Just because there is no view of the ocean doesn?t mean the fish is not fresh at Sushi-Yu. The [tag]seafood[/tag] I sampled at [...]

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I would like to welcome you to another week of self-exploration and universal understanding. Your forecast begins on Wednesday the 18th when Venus, the planet of personal relationships and artistic expression at 23? Libra will sextile Saturn, the planet of personal restriction at 23? Leo. The energy expressed from this sextile of Venus with Saturn [...]

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Instead of giving you another of my recipes this week, I decided to talk about one of the most extraordinary groups of restaurants that I have ever patronized. There are five [tag]Il Fornaio restaurants[/tag] in the [tag]Bay Area[/tag]. They?re in Burlingame, Corte Madera, Palo Alto San Francisco, and Walnut Creek. Alas, I wish there were [...]

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I’ve been meditating this week on my motivation for writing editorials about the state of the Arts in Vallejo. It would be reasonable for any reader to ask themselves what I might be gaining from writing about the [tag]Vallejo Commission on Culture and the Arts Awards[/tag], or what I think the Downtown Improvement District and [...]

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Letters to the Editor Hey Martha, Just wanted to give you an update on VCAT. Three new board members were appointed: me (Maria Guevara), Anita Roberson and Joe Santiago. Eli Cavazos has been selected by the VCAT Board of Directors as the community access television station?s new technical director. Cavazos first became interested in working [...]

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On October 11, 2006, the [tag]Vallejo arts[/tag] community celebrated The [tag]Ninth Annual Cultural Awards Night[/tag] at The Vallejo Historical Museum. Individuals chosen by the committee were gracefully acknowledged and awarded for their significant contributions to the arts in Vallejo. For this year’s celebration, Vallejo Commission on Culture and The Arts added a raffle to the [...]

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I can?t be objective or dispassionate when writing about [tag]Tony Mims[/tag], because I am neither when it comes to him. That?s why I married him. If we hadn?t tied the knot, there wouldn?t be a Listen & Be Heard Poetry Caf?. Since we opened our doors, there?s been folks who read his column, [tag]Metaphysical Muse[/tag], [...]

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By the time you read these words, [tag]Tower Records[/tag] will have closed its doors for the final time. Most of the media pieces regarding the organization?s final days have named the consumers? use of the Internet for shopping, the Generation iPod approach to purchasing individual tracks as opposed to long-playing formats, and Tower?s late entry [...]

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