Cal recovery lags USA

JUNE 7, 2010 By JOHN SEILER California’s economy is recovering, but more slowly than that of the rest of America, according to the June 3 forecast of the A. Gary Anderson Center for Economic Research at Chapman University, which I

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CDF Predicts "Drought?"

Katy Grimes: Last night on my local FOX 40 news channel, the California Department  of Fire (CDF) predicted that “the current drought” would increase wild fires in California this summer. Huh? What drought? Didn’t we just have more rain a

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Election musings of a cigar-smoking political writer

A few thoughts as we approach Tuesday’s plebescite. Anyone. California is proving true the old egalitarian adage that, “Any billionaire or member of the Brown clan can become governor or senator.” Women candidates: We have a record number of women

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