The headline from the California Employment Development Department press release last month touted the drop in unemployment to 12.2 percent, from the previous month’s high of 12.3 percent.
Nov 18, 2009 | 9:15 pm | (3) Comments
In case you wondered how hysteria spreads, we offer the following “news” item, gleaned from a recent Web search. The item’s headline screams:
Nov 18, 2009 | 9:15 pm | (2) Comments
There is an ongoing and growing problem with graffiti in our fair city, especially in the neighborhood surrounding Pioneer Valley High School.
Nov 18, 2009 | 9:10 pm | (9) Comments
Next year, California voters will decide upon a new governor. Current hats in the ring — Jerry Brown, a career bureaucrat, Tom Campbell, another recycled politico, along, with Meg Whitman and state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner.
Nov 18, 2009 | 9:10 pm | (2) Comments
Recently, Republican politicians have been caught in adulterous relationships. Democrats also stray, but since Republicans hype family values, they seem especially hypocritical.
Nov 18, 2009 | 9:10 pm | (6) Comments
And while the Big Debate over health care continues to boil, there is a subtext argument going on about breast cancer-detection protocols.
Nov 17, 2009 | 9:15 pm | (0) Comments
In the world of sports, the prevailing belief is that a good offense is the best defense. Score enough points, and you don’t have to worry about stopping the other guys from scoring.
Nov 17, 2009 | 9:15 pm | (1) Comments
On Saturday, Nov. 7, the Noontime Rotary Club of Santa Maria held its annual charitable fundraiser at Santa Maria Fairpark.
Nov 17, 2009 | 9:10 pm | (0) Comments
There are many citizens of this great nation who believe the health-care reform bill is actually about health care. You have been duped.
Nov 17, 2009 | 9:10 pm | (6) Comments
I am so relieved. I can sleep easy. The Board of Supervisors is going to adopt a mandatory spay/neuter policy for dogs and cats. I can just picture the board meeting:
Nov 17, 2009 | 9:10 pm | (4) Comments
We rented a property in February 2009 at Oceano Dunes, and brought our dune buggy with us, as we had seen the advertisement for the Oceano Dunes SVRA. It was our first trip there, and after spending one week, we thoroughly enjoyed it.
Nov 17, 2009 | 9:10 pm | (3) Comments
As America’s trade with the Far East — principally China — expanded massively during the 1980s and 1990s, California reaped the benefits as the gateway for both exports and imports.
Nov 17, 2009 | 9:10 pm | (0) Comments
The American military men and women who were killed at Fort Hood were given an appropriate national memorial service.
Nov 16, 2009 | 10:00 pm | (2) Comments
Recently my neighbor was killed making a left turn from Lakeview onto Broadway south, by a driver running a red light.
Nov 16, 2009 | 10:00 pm | (2) Comments
Corporate American loves our country as it is, because they are calling all the shots.
Nov 16, 2009 | 10:00 pm | (2) Comments
As members of the Central Coast Corvette Club, we were privileged to be a part of the Veteran’s Day ceremony sponsored by Michael B. Clayton.
Nov 16, 2009 | 10:00 pm | (0) Comments
In California, water policy is an issue that has produced huge conflicts and little progress over the past 30 years. As a result, many farmers have had to cut back their crops because there wasn’t enough water to grow them.
Nov 16, 2009 | 10:00 pm | (3) Comments
Santa Maria is not the world’s most bicycle-friendly community, a fact that has been made abundantly clear in the recent debate over a bike/car incident in which a rider was killed.
Nov 16, 2009 | 10:00 pm | (2) Comments
Have you taken a close look inside your medicine cabinet lately? You know, the one in the bathroom, with its lineup of prescription medicines with expiration dates going back to the Clinton administration.
Nov 16, 2009 | 10:00 pm | (0) Comments
Veteran’s Day has come and gone, and unfortunately, so has the attention many Americans pay to the lives and well-being of our armed forces veterans.
Nov 14, 2009 | 9:40 pm | (0) Comments
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