THE DOUBLE CROSS; THE CASE FOR THE STATE OF JEFFERSON
BY DONNA WESTFALL Like many others sitting in the audience at the Fairgrounds Tuesday night, February 4th, I’ve been proud to be a born and bred Californian. Proud up to…
RELAX CALIFORNIA
BY KATHERINE KELLY Recently in the headlines are alarming reports about the massive starfish die-off on the west coast. Most reports I read point a hysterical finger at the radiation…
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN, DIED TODAY AGE 46
Credit to IMDb Picture credit to Wikipedia Film and stage actor and theater director Philip Seymour Hoffman was born in the Rochester, New York in 1967. After becoming involved in…
LEFTOVER COFFEE
BY DONNA WESTFALL Are you like so many others that pour your leftover coffee down the drain and don’t think twice about it? That’s how is was in our home…
STARVING IN THE LAND OF THE FREE
BY KATHERINE KELLY With the expiration of the 2009 economic stimulus, on November 1st the SNAP benefit program (food stamps) was cut by $5 billion. In California, the cuts will…
DECRIMINALIZE DRUGS?
DONNA WESTFALL Have our law enforcers been pushed into a war they did not start and cannot win? Is it even possible to stop a trade where $500 of cocaine…
1 THING TO SAVE THE PLANET – STOP USING STYROFOAM
BY DONNA WESTFALL It keeps your hot drinks hot, and cold drinks cold. It protects eggs in the carton. Restaurants send you home with leftovers in styrofoam cartons. Shipping computers…
WHO OWNS THE RAINWATER?
BY DONNA WESTFALL Recently I drove down Northcrest and past some blue plastic rain barrels for sale and thought, “I’ve got to buy one of those.” Then, promptly forgot to…
