Letter to the editor: Inspect wells during drought
California, like much of the West, is facing a year of extreme drought which is causing some issues for residential water wells across the state. Water wells are a reliable, affordable, and safe source of water for over a million California residents and when...
Water Cooler: Supreme Court power appropriate?
Richard Place: “I believe they take a better ethics course than the elected officials so I would have to say yes.”
Marty: The Hoover Dam revisited in 2011
Every politician wants to rebuild the Hoover Dam – at least metaphorically. At one time the national frustration phrase was, "If we can put a man on the moon why can't we...?" Now the moon is "old cheese" and we're invoking the Hoover Dam, but could we even build it today?
Guest View: Understanding ‘best efforts’ in contracts
There are various contracts that require one party to use their “best efforts” to take some action or to accomplish some task. Parties often get into disputes as to what it means to use “best efforts” and whether a party has actually met this requirement. The “best efforts” standard has never been clearly defined until a recently decided California appellate court case.







