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Free Will Astrology

This week’s astrology offers insight, reflection, and guidance for all twelve zodiac signs, from Aries through Pisces, with thoughtful metaphors and practical wisdom for navigating the days ahead.

Letters

Readers weigh in on dining solo, the use of AI in local media, and the urgent need for microplastics monitoring in public water systems.

Street Talk

Who are your favorite funny people?

Free Will Astrology

Week of January 22

The Editor’s Desk

In our cover story, writer DNA reports on a local who has completed the three toughest hikes in the U.S. and lived to tell the tale.

Letters

Readers weigh in on battery energy storage projects, memories of Bob Weir, affordable housing and local school budget cuts.

Psychedelic Health

Lately, a question has resurfaced with renewed curiosity: can microdosing psychedelics help people change deeply ingrained habits?

Letters

At the County building on Jan. 14 the fate of the controversial “Sweet Homes” development at 3500 Paul Sweet Road will be decided.

The Editor’s Desk

Grateful Dead cofounder Bob Weir died last weekend and it feels like the end of an era. I took my 9-year-old son to the Grateful Dead’s original home on Ashbury street...

Street Talk

Signs of Protest at the ‘ICE Out For Good’ Vigil

Dining Solo?

Eating alone doesn’t have to mean eating poorly. With intention, simplicity, and care, solo meals can become a nourishing daily ritual.

Free Will Astrology

This week’s Free Will Astrology invites each sign to explore growth, curiosity, and renewal — blending poetic insight with practical wisdom from Aries through Pisces.