4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (357+ words) My father told me to build things to last five generations. Not for myself, not for my children, for people whose names I'll never know. That's how you think when you manage timberland. You plant trees you won't live to…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (637+ words) In two months California voters will elect a governor, fill several other statewide offices and choose a new class of state legislators and members of Congress. The aspirants for those positions are making all sorts of promises to win voters…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (808+ words) (The Center Square) - The list of noncitizen voters in Nevada has fallen to 185 from a potential list of nearly 16,000 after revisions from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. But the department noted the 185 figure strictly refers to those who were manually…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (159+ words) We did not attack first. We were attacked while trying to negotiate a peace with Japan to stop hostilities from starting. A sneak attack. Several thousand men, women and children were killed or severely wounded in that attack. Japan was…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (573+ words) The Smithsonian is at it again. But now, not just the Air an… There's a new delivery system in town. There was a time, not too many years ago, when drafting and enacting California’s budgets was a fairly transparent and…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (880+ words) El Dorado County voters will decide in November whether to approve a proposed ⅜-cent sales tax intended to provide dedicated funding for wildfire prevention, local fire districts and hospital/emergency services. The El Dorado County Emergency Preparedness, Healthcare Access and…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (492+ words) (The Center Square) – Attorneys general from two Republican-led states have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to throw out an antitrust lawsuit seeking to block Paramount Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. The antitrust lawsuit was brought by California Attorney General…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (337+ words) When does a “citizen” initiative cease being a citizens’ initiative? That’s a question we’ve been asking since 2017 when the Supreme Court’s decision in California Cannabis Coalition v. City of Upland suggested that if citizens put a measure on the ballot…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (329+ words) I recently observed a 2028 campaign bumper sticker for John D’Agostini for sheriff listing three tenets, one of which was “Total Accountability.” I agree with total accountability as it should be an important and fundamental expectation for our visitors, our citizens,…...