GROCERY OUTLET STORES
BY MARK SPRINGER Did you know that a discount, canned goods store originated in Berkeley, California in 1947? That ‘s part of the Grocery Outlet chain today. It has expanded…
PUBLIC SAFETY AT STAKE?
BY EILEEN COOPER First definitions and explanations: STAA Trucks stands for Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 or extra long trucks CTC = California Transportation Commissioners DEIR – Draft Environmental…
ARE THEY NUTS?
BY DONNA WESTFALL I left the November 19th city council meeting after the public comment period. Vici Dickey was so gracious to present me with a bouquet of red roses.…
AFTER THE YARD SALE
BY DONNA WESTFALL If we had a place to recycle used clothing, here are some of the things they could be used for instead of burying hundreds of thousands of…
WHAT IS METABOLIC SYNDROME?
BY DONNA WESTFALL Our sometime photographer, Janice Wilson, bring us news of a new class that meets once a month at Sutter Coast Hospital. From the handout, the definition is…
IGNORANCE ABOUT FLUORIDE
BY KATHERINE KELLY In a Del Norte Triplicate letter to the editor, dated November 15, 2012, one woman writes a glaring screed of ignorance decrying the removal of fluoride from…
HOMELESSNESS
BY KATHERINE KELLY On any given night in America, between 700,000 and 3.5 million people are going to bed homeless. That is, if they are allowed to even go to…
