More than a quarter century after the deaths in Jonestown, Peoples Temple continues to make the news.

The following links will take you to press coverage of recent stories published online.

• In early March 2005, former Temple attorney Tim Stoen apologized to Lester Kinsolving for the Temple’s treatment of the newspaper writer. See:

http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050302/NEWS/503020302/1033/NEWS01

• Denice Stephenson, archivist of the California Historical Society, published a book of primary source documents about Peoples Temple entitled Dear People. For a review and description, see:

San Francisco Chronicle, 14 April 05:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/04/14/DDGIIC76N01.DTL

• The People’s Temple, a dramatic production about the life and death of the Temple, opened at the Berkeley Repertory Theater in mid-April. For a sampling of previews and descriptions, see:

San Francisco Chronicle, 14 April 05:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/04/14/DDGRTC72N11.DTL

Oakland Tribune, 14 Apr 05:
http://www.insidebayarea.com/searchresults/ci_2660955 (printable version at http://www.insidebayarea.com/portlet/article/html/fragments/print_article.jsp?article=2660955)

• For a sampling of play reviews, see:

San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa Times, 21 Apr 05: http://www.kansascity.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/11449887.htm (also printed in numerous other Knight Ridder newspapers)

San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Apr 05:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/04/22/DDGGHCC3DK1.DTL&type=performance

San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Apr 05 (commentary by Marshall Kilduff, who wrote about the Temple during its life):
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/04/24/EDG0NCCPF21.DTL

San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Apr 05 (commentary by Jon Carroll, who knew some of people in play)
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/04/29/DDG27BCG181.DTL

Christian Science Monitor, 29 Apr 05 (by Paul VanDeCarr, who is working on a film documentary about the Temple):
http://csmonitor.com/2005/0429/p16s01-almp.html

Berkeley Daily Planet, 29 Apr 05:
http://www.berkeleydaily.org/text/article.cfm?issue=04-29-05&storyID=21288

Santa Rosa Press Democrat, 1 May 05:
http://www.northbay.com/entertainment/onstage/01milvy_q25.html

National Public Radio, 1 May 05:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4626728

San Francisco Bay View, 4 May 05:
http://www.sfbayview.com/042705/peoplestemple042705.shtml

East Bay Express, 4 May 05:
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/issues/2005-05-04/culture/theater.html

Curtain Up, Internet Theater Magazine of Reviews:
http://www.curtainup.com/peoplestemple.html

San Francisco Bay Guardian:
http://www.sfbg.com/39/31/art_film_the_peoples_temple.html

San Francisco Bay Guardian (2):
http://www.sfbg.com/39/28/art_film_peoples_temple.html

• Tim Stoen, whose past as an attorney for Peoples Temple has created controversy for him in his position as Deputy District Attorney for Humboldt County, announced that he would leave that postion and become the financial crime prosecutor for Mendocino County as of July 27. For full story, go to:

http://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/Stories/0,1413,91~3089~2955180,00.html
http://www.eurekareporter.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?ArticleID=2270