Nikki Silverstein

2 weeks ago | bohemian.com | Nikki Silverstein

Bombay in the North BayReady to be transported into a world of storytelling and conversation? If yes, then The 222 is the place to be when the internationally bestselling author, Alka Joshi, takes the stage to discuss her latest novel, Six Days in Bombay. Joshi is perhaps best known for the Jaipur Trilogy, which took the world by storm.

2 weeks ago | pacificsun.com | Nikki Silverstein

Fixing ForestsI just visited the redwood country and wilderness forests that stretch from the cool coastal range to snow-topped alpine ridges in the interior mountains in Northern California. Hiking through groves of redwoods adorned with bouquets of trillium and along clear rivers ringing with birdsong from tiny hidden warblers, I felt at times like I was in paradise. But then I’d come upon massive redwood stumps that were cut generations ago still standing.

2 weeks ago | pacificsun.com | Nikki Silverstein

Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom continued his blustery rhetoric about clearing homeless encampments at the local level. Too bad the hoopla surrounding his new “model ordinance” is all hat and no cattle. “It is time to take back the streets. It’s time to take back the sidewalks. It’s time to take these encampments and provide alternatives,” Newsom said at a news conference on May 12.

3 weeks ago | pacificsun.com | Nikki Silverstein

When I put out the call for bad neighbor stories, I expected a few responses. Instead, my inbox overfloweth. My hope for an article with exclusively lighthearted fare, like tales about the guy next door who never returns tools, quickly evaporated. It turns out that Marin is chock full of inconsiderate, clueless folks and has more than its fair share of downright nutters. I have enough material to run a monthly bad neighbor column, so buckle up.

1 month ago | pacificsun.com | Nikki Silverstein

Two months passed quickly for the homeless people living in a city-sanctioned encampment at Novato’s Lee Gerner Park. At a Feb. 11 meeting, the city council voted to close the camp, giving the seven remaining residents 60 days to relocate. Despite Marin County’s recommendation that Novato allow the campers to stay and continue on a pathway to housing, the city scheduled the camp closure for April 19.