Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims has now decided she’s going to solve her budget problems by suing the Board of Supervisors in a legal action that will have taxpayers paying for lawyers on both sides of the case.
The California Public Employee Retirement System has launched a public relations campaign intended to tone down the rhetoric in the increasingly raucous debate over public employee pensions. Speaking at the first of two CalPERS sponsored retirement forums
Despite a few stumbles, Meg Whitman has run an effective campaign for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. She scared off one opponent and is crushing her remaining rival in the polls to the point that he's complained to the FBI about her tactics
Thousands in Tokyo have been echoing Barack Obama's signature call for "change" -- but as in "Change! Japanese-U.S. relations."
WASHINGTON -- My favorite thing about J.D. Salinger wasn't his seminal work -- or his most famous character, Holden Caulfield -- but how little I knew of him, thanks to his relentless pursuit of privacy.
Republican gubernatorial frontrunner Meg Whitman wrote this op/ed in today's Fresno Bee explaining her water policy to San Joaquin Valley farmers. That caused a reaction from GOP rival Steve Poizner, who quickly pointed out that Whitman has donated $300,000 to...read more »
If I hadn't known the ad was coming, I probably wouldn't even have noticed it. Seems like there was all kinds of uproar in the week leading up to the Superbowl about the Focus on the Family "issue ad"...read more »
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin made two weekend appearances that increased speculation that she'll run for president in 2012. Palin gave a speech to the Tea Party convention on Saturday in Nashville and then appeared on Fox News Sunday. Palin...read more »
Eight months ago, I wrote in these pages that our failure to rebuild California's water supply system is crippling our economy and hurting large parts of the Central Valley. I'm sad to say that the suffering continues.
I have had more than my share of medical intervention in the past few years, some of it life-saving and some of it less pressing but still essential. My contacts with doctors have included a variety of specialists and generalists.
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