In my "A Considerable Town" this week I mention the presence of Brown Berets during a black-brown press event in Harbor Gateway. The Brown Berets? Didn't they disappear with the nationalist era of the Chicano Movement? Turns out the Brown Berets, modeled on the Black Panthers, are back. You might call it a renaissance, as it sounds as though the group is evolving with the times. There are new chapters springing up in the L.A. area, but the strongest of the new Brown Berets are in the Northern Cali agricultural town of Watsonville, where they've taken up causes on education, immigration, and peace and war. They even have a MySpace page. And their spirit is spreading. There's now a Brown Berets chapter in Salt Lake City.