Ziggy Marley sings a message of love
Marin Independent Journal
August 10, 2006

THE STRENGTHS of Ziggy Marley's second solo reggae album, the buoyant "Love is My Religion," are its bright vocal and instrumental melodies and earnest optimism.

"The most important song is the title song, 'Love is My Religion.' That song was like a revelation for me, it was like finding the truth, like finding the light. It was so simple," Marley says.

Objects are her desire
Marin Independent Journal
April 18, 2006

IN THE FIRST scene of the unusual play, "Beauty and the Breast," a young woman sits alone and bored on the examination table waiting for her doctor to arrive. With her back to the audience, she removes her bra in preparation for a breast exam. What happens next is not what you might expect. As soon as it is liberated from the owner's body, the orchid-colored bra is transformed from an inanimate object by puppeteers onstage into Bresty, the heroine.

Riding for the cause
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Marin Independent Journal
October 13, 2005

After nearly losing her life to breast cancer at the age of 36, Ross native Jennifer Dillan decided to celebrate her survival. So next week, she is hitting Australia's open roads on a Harley-Davidson to participate in a motorcycle rally to benefit fellow breast cancer survivors.

The event, called Changing Gears, is a global motorcycle relay in which young breast cancer survivors from around the world take part in one-week rides in the United Kingdom, United States and Australia.