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• The Sierra's enduring gold

It comes fast. Look out your window this week, and you'll notice: Summer's leaves have lost their luster, and lawns are looking wan. That bit of yellow creeping into your willow tree is a precursor of things to come.


RANDY PENCH Sacramento Bee file, 2006 A sun-warmed rock near Sorensen's Resort on Highway 88 makes a good place to perch and read a book. The Hope Valley region of the eastern Sierra has some of the state's best fall color.

• San Francisco's breathtaking 'future-history museum'

SAN FRANCISCO – Putting a major cultural institution into mothballs is not an easy thing to do. Repurposing it for the 21st century is an even bigger challenge.




• War, REO Speedwagon will zoom in

Old rock bands rarely die. They simply transform themselves, replace players and go on nostalgia tours, frequently with other old rock bands.


War, above, and REO Speedwagon, below left, hit Reno-Tahoe this week. REO Speedwagon plays the Silver Legacy in Reno on Friday; War plays Harrah's Tahoe on Saturday. Top: Avenune Records; bottom, Witchita Eagle

• Say what you will, he can handle it

Hecklers are the bane of every performer's existence. Usually, they're just obnoxious egoists who can't stand anyone else getting the spotlight. They can usually be taken care of with a sharp retort.


Busy Jamie Kennedy has again turned his attention to stand-up comedy. Courtesy of Paul Reder

• Bay Area: Schroder and Beethoven forever

"Good grief!" That familiar Charlie Brown cry from "Peanuts" might have been Ludwig van Beethoven's reply had he learned that, 130 years after his death, his music had become part of the internationally distributed comic strip.


The 'Peanuts' strip from June 16, 1999, is typical of Charles Schulz's use of music.

• Sierra: Fun vibrations will roar over northern Nevada

Of all of Reno's festival events, Street Vibrations brings the most controversy. It's not that the annual motorcycle celebration is unsafe. Historically, it's much happier than the classic car celebration Hot August Nights.


Motorcycles will be everywhere when Street Vibrations rolls into Reno.

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