Archive for the ‘features’ tag
August 7, 2008 - Daily Brief
My body is here in front of the computer, but my mind and heart are out on the road. I just got a new bicycle, and this time, it’s a racing bike. I’m planning to enter a triathlon this fall, though I’ll only be performing in the biking segment of the event. Anyway, if you see a streek of lightning this morning in Newhall, it’s probably me. 
August 6, 2008 - Daily Brief
State workers protest, transportation tax debate, the status of CEMEX, Laurie Ender’s approach to Mayo Expansion, plus, McKeon racially profiles? All ahead in today’s action-packed, seat-of-your-pants, thrill-ride, summer blockbuster Daily Brief. haha
August 5, 2008 - Daily Brief
Good morning; howza ’bout a Daily Brief?
McKeon spruces up website, narrates GOP Energy plan
As Republicans were talking about energy prices to an empty House Chamber Monday, our Representative Buck McKeon released a new animated website in which the seven term Congressman talks up drilling, tax credits, and alternative energy as part of the so-called “American Energy Act.” Read the rest of this entry »
Surveying the wide range of options at COC
It’s August again, and that means it’s time for me to check out the COC schedule of classes to see what our local community college is offering this fall. Since I don’t have kids, I usually have a lot of time in the evening, and I’ve found that education keeps me out of trouble. And since COC is well-renown state-wide and run by Supreme Chancellor Dianne Van Hook, our local college has something for almost everyone. So check it out!
August 4, 2008 - Daily Brief *
I’m really late today!
Weekender Update
Why does all the good news have to be broken on a Friday afternoon? All week long I’m thirsting for some hard news, something that kind of just grabs you and says, “Pow! This is controversial!” Well, we got such news yesterday afternoon, and it’s just not fair to wait until Monday to write about it, so here’s a brief Weekender Update.
August 1, 2008 - Daily Brief
Put down that cell phone and read the Daily Brief, edited by yours truly.
July 31, 2008 - Daily Brief
“The excitement was intense. Hundreds surrounded the jail, and at one o’clock admission to the yard was almost impossible….Just before he emerged from the cell, the death warrant was read to him, and at 12:55 o’clock, he left the jail…and ascended the steps of his gibbet. The priest administered the last rites, a white gown was placed around his form, and the rope tied by the Deputy Sheriffs, the condemned man repeating prayers for the dead and asking forgiveness of the Almighty.” - Newspaper account of the execution of Tiburcio Vasquez.
July 30, 2008 - Daily Brief
So listen to CBS 2’s lede for their web story on the quake: ” Despite shaking a large swath of Southern California, a magnitude-5.4 earthquake was not the “Big One” that scientists have long feared.” Gee, ya think? Is our tribal memory of earthquakes that sparse that we forgot what a large earthquake is really like? Way to dumb it down CBS.
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