Samhain marks one of the two great doorways of the Celtic year, for the Celts divided the year into two seasons: the light and the dark, at Beltane on May 1st and Samhain on November 1st. Some believe that Samhain was the more important festival, marking the beginning of a whole new cycle, just as the Celtic day began at night. For it was understood that in dark silence comes whisperings of new beginnings, the stirring of the seed below the ground. Whereas Beltane welcomes in the summer with joyous celebrations at dawn, the most magically potent time of this festival is November Eve, the night of October 31st, known today of course, as Halloween......

By Ted Fry

Special to The Seattle Times

The hard-working documentary "Punk's Not Dead" puts substantial energy into both the primordial past and current era of the punk-rock music scene, maintaining a pretty defensive tone throughout. Even the title sounds like a hardheaded comeback to a proclamation nobody made.

Tue Oct 16, 2:43 PM ET

The San Diego city council is meeting Tuesday to discuss where to place a winter homeless shelter.

"Patrols to move SF homeless away from tourist centers"

That's right. People will be cited or arrested for being homeless in tourist areas. According to the "authorities," unless you have money and a house you have no human rights. San Francisco seems to be following the example of New Orleans and other fascist cities....

10/02/2007 - A plan to add dozens of sheds to house the homeless in downtown Fresno failed at city hall Tuesday.