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           Labor Day weekend in Truckee/Lake Tahoe is over. Take a deep breath. The Tesla caravan has rolled west, joining the alkaline-shined Burning Man jalopies. A confluence of debutantes and the dusty. A true California congregation, if ever there was one.            The exodus of excess brings [...]

            How would you feel if you owned a five-story apartment complex (like that’s gonna happen) and one of your tenants gets drunk, eats brownies laced with marijuana, goes up on the roof unbeknownst to you, slips and falls to his death…then sues you for maintaining a steep and slippery [...]

            Michael Joseph Jackson. The King of Pop. A legend with a fan base that rivals that of the Holy Trinity in sheer numbers. More famous than the Mona Lisa. A voice recognized worldwide…maybe some liberties are being taken here, but you get the point. Despite his many foibles, Michael [...]

            Gift certificates are big business. Some studies show that up to one-half of Christmas gifts come in the form of gift cards or certificates.             Given the choice, would you rather have a gift certificate to your favorite store or Aunt Minnie’s imitation diamond-encased tie tack or Uncle Buck’s [...]

           The safety of school children should be paramount. It is not. That much has been made clear time and time again. Entrenched political division has left society’s most cherished, its most vulnerable. It is an unacceptable outcome. A failing neither citizens nor legislators should tolerate. But tragedy continues to strike. [...]

           We all know about blood alcohol tests to determine if someone is driving under the influence of alcohol. Urine and blood tests are accurate regarding how much alcohol is in someone’s system and the law is relatively clear as to when drinking too much violates the law.             The law [...]

           Piedmont High School Class of 2022 was treated to a remarkable commencement speech by former graduate and former U.S. Ambassador to Australia Jeff Bleich. Jeff’s speech was about Courage, and from my point of view timely and a must read. I have received permission from Jeff to print his talk [...]

           Bees are insects. Insects are not fish. Bees are not fish. Simple analysis. And, simply wrong. Bees are fish, according to the California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District. Fishermen, elementary school science teachers, and all you befuddled readers, take a deep breath. The entire study of biology has not [...]

           You’ve all seen those sample tables at the end of the aisles at Costco stores. In our case today, Lilyan Hussaine was shopping at a Costco store in San Diego. Club Demonstration Services (CDS), an independent contractor who operated food sample tables within the store, was serving samples of butternut [...]