Vote ‘no’ on gaming props, ‘yes’ on change for term limits
Voters will have a say on several statewide propositions on
2008 could bring rain, pain and a lot of bad games
There's always a certain sense of energy as a new year dawns. It's out with the old and in with the new; we resolve to stop doing this or start doing that; we look back on the year that was and look forward at the year that will be.
In need of reasons to stay local
One of the reasons I call this column the "Mobile Skeptic" is that I spend a lot of time driving, during which I come up with a lot of my ideas. My car gets about 30 miles to the gallon, and that's how I rationalize driving 90 miles a day round trip to work, even in this time of heightened concern about auto emissions and dependence on foreign oil.
San Juan scores big with festival
It would appear congratulations are in order for Jan McClintock, city manager of San Juan Bautista. Together with entertainment organizer Frank Beaty, she has arranged for an international folk festival to be held in San Juan Bautista next Memorial Day weekend.
Record number of calls for fire department points to need
The Hollister Fire Department responded to a record number of calls in 2007 – a further indication that this city's depleted public safety staffing needs a significant boost with the Measure T sales tax dollars set to start flowing in come April.
No steroids, but I was juiced as a youth soccer player
I started typing this while Sen. George Mitchell was holding his press conference during which he made public his landmark report on steroid use in Major League Baseball.
