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Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. More towns in iraq have fallen to this heavily armed i. S. I. S. Group. They have taken control of more real estate and are now getting awfully close to the border with jordan and saudi arabia. That will get the regions attention very quickly just as it has the attention of the u. S. Secretary of state. John kerry has made a rather visit to bagdad delivering a very blunt and sobering message, that president obam...

A lifetime of movies on Smith Ranch Road The Regency 6 movie theater on Smith Ranch Road in San Rafael opened in 1983. I remember seeing “Scarface” there that year. The theater recently ceased operations (“San Rafael movie theater closes after lengthy run,” Nov. 29). For its first six years of operation, I remember it […]

Presidio of San Francisco a lovely place to explore During the recent Fleet Week festivities, I visited the Presidio of San Francisco, which is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The new Presidio Tunnel Tops parks were a great place to view the acrobatics of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels precision flight team. […]

Furniture bank helps new college students succeed We celebrate the work ethic, resilience and post-secondary-school plans of Novato’s Ramses Velazquez Ramirez as described in the recent IJ article (“Marin foster system stakeholders cheer college aid plan,” Aug. 4). California’s foster youth face numerous economic inequities. The path to higher education is marred with impediments and […]

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON — While plagues have historically fostered every kind of loss—of freedom, of livelihood, of hope, of life itself—the isolation of grim eras such as the one we are now experiencing can also provoke introspection, fresh curiosity, and, with luck and mettle, singular creativity. Conjunctions:75, Dispatches from Solitude — the latest issue of the innovative literary magazine published by Bard College — gathers fiction, poetry, essays, and genre-bending w...