Dear Mr. President, WHAT THE MF'IN HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING??? Seriously, what the F is wrong with you? Why do you even want to pretend t be president? It makes no ...
I've got a Diebold voting machine at my house. Totally legal. The San Diego County Registrar of Voters gave it to me. Makes you wonder, who else has these machines? How se...
Blooming "fire followers" in the form of California golden poppies -- the state flower -- and purple or blue phacelias have turned Del Dios Highway west of Lake Hodges Da...
In honor of this week being the week that same sex marriage begins happening in California, this lovely video from Chumbawamba , that makes an important point, and has som...
Recently, I had the opportunity to purchase and enjoy a nice box of California Raisins. But I declined. Why? That's an easy question, my boy: Raisins are the anti-christ a...
I was born and raised in Southern California. Both of my sons were born, and lived most of their lives in California. We moved to Las Vegas last year, and I'm sad to say,...
Television news pretty much has become pure entertainment (and not all that entertaining either). That's a given. And television news is pretty much on the way out just l...
This last weekend we took the kids up to visit with my parents, who the kids call "Grammy and Poppy." They live in Magalia, which is just outside of Paradise, which is ju...
I'm a firm believer that anyone can have fun anywhere they look for it. However, the best part about the bay area is you never have to look very hard! God bless free conc...
Arts & Entertainment Presents WESTWARD EDEN Novel by Joaquin Batista Copyright © 2003 Joaquin Batista ISBN 1-59113-316-5 Published by Armando Gomez All rights reserv...
Nestled within the crowded streets of Pismo a small beach restaurant has grown too big for its britches. Boasting the most scrumptious scallops, delectable creamy white c...
Larissa reminded me about the fire coverage last year, so I looked on the California Newspaper Publishers Association and voila' turns out I won the award for best news c...
Credibility. Quality. Story judgment. Small weekly newspapers around Rancho Santa Fe have none and that's why they do not serve the community well. Go to the Rancho Santa...
I'll hand it to Brad Pitt. He has done an excellent job of making everyone forget that he left his wife for another woman. Granted, I'm sure his good deeds have nothing t...
Little things bug me. Like, why do we only have foaming soap dispensers in our kitchen? Does soap really need to be aerated to wash dishes or clean hands properly? I'm su...
The National League Wild Card race has turned into a parody similar to that "Spy versus Spy" fiasco of Mad Magazine infamy. Whatever is about to happen, it ain't gonna lo...
(Photo above: Ampol Orrungroj, owner of Ampol Nursery, was fined by state labor officials for not having pay records for his two employees during a statewide labor law vi...
The Northwest coast is currently experiencing a severe draught, and the stagnant pools or barren gravel beds that were once our streams, remind us of how serious it is. L...
(Note: I stumbled upon this bit of San Diego County-acana the other day, which was my last column as editor of the East County Californian in El Cajon. No offense to El C...
For five months this past year, I lived in the official rainiest city in North America – Ketchikan, Alaska. I do not tell a lie. You know how everyone talks about how r...
TELLING IT LIKE IT IS JOURNALISM AWARD-WISE A little -- make that a lot -- of truth-telling needs to be done this week in terms of local media and journalism awards. Dan ...
I'VE BEEN POSTING SOMETIMES ON PNN BECAUSE THEY HAVE STRUCTURED AN EXCELLENT ONLINE SEARCH PRESENCE. PEOPLE CAN FIND THESE ARTICLES EASILY, WHICH IS USEFUL IN GETTING THE...

























