Inner Editor
JOHN BURKS, ROLLING STONE'S FIRST MANAGING EDITOR: R.I.P.
February 28, 2021
COASTSIDE NEWS SEEKS STAFF WRITER TO COVER PACIFICA
February 17, 2021
COASTSIDE NEWS GROUP SEEKS CITIZEN ADVISORS FOR PACIFICA TRIBUNE AND HALF MOON BAY REVIEW
February 10, 2021
NEXTDOOR QUIETLY REPLACING SMALL-TOWN NEWSPAPERS
February 05, 2021
SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEW PACIFICA TRIBUNE: SUPPORT LOCAL JOURNALISM
February 03, 2021
COASTSIDE NEWS GROUP NOW OWNS HMB REVIEW & PACIFICA TRIBUNE
December 06, 2020
PACIFICA TRIBUNE GETS NEW OWNERS AND NEW EDITOR
October 21, 2020
WORD CRIMES
July 01, 2020
So there!
March 25, 2020
Handy dandy all-purpose editor's note to critics and trolls (borrowed from Ed Yong of The Atlantic):
"If you have sent abuse or insults, please know that I have filed away your comments for the time when my toilet paper eventually runs out."
And then there's this classic kiss-off:
"Here I sit in the smallest room of my house with your letter before me. It will shortly be behind me."
Commatose
February 25, 2020
Are you a demonym?
February 09, 2020
"A demonym is a word used to describe the residents or natives of a place: New Yorkers, Oregonians, or Japanese, for example." Likewise, Pacifican is a demonym, adds Pacifican Peter Loeb.
Exotic new stone fruit?
February 09, 2020
seen at Pacifica Grocery Outlet by designer Beth Brann
Gross car wash?
August 08, 2019
NextDoor post on trying to find a replacement for the South San Francisco car wash that went out of business: "That car wash is getting remolded at the moment. Not sure when it will open up again."
Pierre Messerli
Hiding in plain sight: Columbus son's 500-year-old classic found on wrong bookshelf in Denmark library
April 27, 2019
High school journalism teacher defends student newspaper's constitutional rights
April 26, 2019
The Oath
April 13, 2019
Style guide for the 1 percent?
February 12, 2019
The hyphenated whale Moby-Dick
February 01, 2019
Wandering & Wondering keeps surfing on Riptide
January 25, 2019
Thanks to my Pacifica Tribune readers for following my Wandering & Wondering column the past 20 years. I have folded the column and refocused my journalistic energies on this blog, covering the Coastside from Pacifica to Pescadero. All my newspaper columns are archived here on Riptide: Just click the Wandering & Wondering category on the sidebar.
John Maybury