Four counties enact new DUI law
May go statewide In Alameda, Los Angeles, Sacramento and Tulare counties, residents who are first time offenders or have been previously convicted of driving while...
Eye on the Coast
Some property owners will enjoy lower taxes
Thanks to reduced valuations Approximately 660,000 property taxpayers will be rubbing their eyes in disbelief when they scan their bills and find the amount due...
Finally a Cardiff specific plan after more than a decade
Been a while In 1999 four Cardiffians, including Teresa Barth, Barbara Cobb, Mike Clark and Jim Bush, met to organize residents who were interested in...
Recent elections forecast change is in the wind
No longer biz as usual While recent election results weren’t of earthquake dimensions they did forecast that voters are paying more attention to the way...
It’s time for state budget capers
Will be late again State electeds will maintain their perfect record of never having a balanced budget approved on schedule. Controller John Ching has served...
Street sign wavers survive effort to ban them
Commission seeks more input Just when Vista sign spinners thought they would be added to the outta work lines they received a temporary time out....
Shortage of race horses creating a problem
Hollypark scrubs a day Recently, Hollywood Park at Inglewood that precedes Del Mar cancelled a day of racing becuz there weren’t enough entries to fill...
Primary election on Tuesday … finally
Voters are bushed For at least a coppla weeks after Tuesday folks will be free of being bombarded with campaign rhetoric then it will start...
Gas prices hover around $3.40 but no public outcry
Buck less in 2003 Less than a decade ago motorists were shaking their fists at station operators when petrol was inching toward $2.50 per gallon....
Voters will consider 5 propositions in June 8 primary
Unlike previous elections when state props were heavily ballyhooed, none of the five on the primary ballot have caused folks to suffer from hypertension. Prop....
Senator’s bill threatens fairgrounds operations
Labor would be affected State Sen. Christine Kehoe’s Bill 1177, as proposed, would cripple year-round County Fair operations, 22nd Agricultural District President Barry Nussbaum told...
Sea walls now a hot-button issue in C’bad
They used to be contested in Solbeach Seawalls that for years dominated Solbeach news now are the topic 14 miles up the road in C’bad,...
Gas tax switch gets mixed reviews
Benefits the state A gas tax swap from sales to excise recently approved by the Sacramento electeds has been described in some quarters as “bait...
Methodology differs in determining water rates
SDWD customers pay less Question in a recent column asked why water rates differed between customers in the San Dieguito and Olivenhain water districts. According...
City’s five-time mayor’s bench replaced
Original lost A long time ago, a half-century or so, Village activist Tom Pearson, the only five-term mayor, placed a bench at the corner of...