May go statewide In Alameda, Los Angeles, Sacramento and Tulare counties, residents who are first time offenders or have been previously convicted of driving while being looped have a new law to...
Thanks to reduced valuations Approximately 660,000 property taxpayers will be rubbing their eyes in disbelief when they scan their bills and find the amount due is less rather than more, compare...
Been a while In 1999 four Cardiffians, including Teresa Barth, Barbara Cobb, Mike Clark and Jim Bush, met to organize residents who were interested in developing a specific plan for the communit...
No longer biz as usual While recent election results weren’t of earthquake dimensions they did forecast that voters are paying more attention to the way their electeds are running the people’s a...
Will be late again State electeds will maintain their perfect record of never having a balanced budget approved on schedule. Controller John Ching has served notice it will be necessary to begin...
Commission seeks more input Just when Vista sign spinners thought they would be added to the outta work lines they received a temporary time out. The Planning Commission had been requested to d...
Hollypark scrubs a day Recently, Hollywood Park at Inglewood that precedes Del Mar cancelled a day of racing becuz there weren’t enough entries to fill the card. Backstretch banter is that Holly...
Voters are bushed For at least a coppla weeks after Tuesday folks will be free of being bombarded with campaign rhetoric then it will start all over again in advance of the November election. Fr...
Buck less in 2003 Less than a decade ago motorists were shaking their fists at station operators when petrol was inching toward $2.50 per gallon. Average price had averaged $1.85. State and nati...
Unlike previous elections when state props were heavily ballyhooed, none of the five on the primary ballot have caused folks to suffer from hypertension. Prop. 13 allows for earthquake safety impro...
Labor would be affected State Sen. Christine Kehoe’s Bill 1177, as proposed, would cripple year-round County Fair operations, 22nd Agricultural District President Barry Nussbaum told the board o...
They used to be contested in Solbeach Seawalls that for years dominated Solbeach news now are the topic 14 miles up the road in C’bad, where they were recently the subject of a passion-charged P...
Benefits the state A gas tax swap from sales to excise recently approved by the Sacramento electeds has been described in some quarters as “bait and switch” but it won’t affect consumers at the ...
SDWD customers pay less Question in a recent column asked why water rates differed between customers in the San Dieguito and Olivenhain water districts. According to Larry Watt, general manager ...