It seems some people from the interior of California seriously want to disassociate from the rest of the state. They want to break off from the coastal counties, from Sonoma and Napa all the way down to Orange County, and let them be Old California - the rest of the state, the rural and …
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Hurricane Relief – How to Help
Today more than ever, people in the southeast and the Caribbean need our help. The massive damage caused by the horrible onslaught of hurricanes this year is beyond imagining. Authorities say that Puerto Rico and nearby islands are a full-blown humanitarian crisis, with an immediate need for lifesaving supplies and years of work ahead …
Ventura County: Still a Farming Center
I recently had a chance to visit a lemon grower and a packing house down in Southern California’s Ventura county. I really didn’t know what to expect; with places like Santa Barbara, and Malibu, the Pacific Coast Highway and miles of beaches, this is surfer heaven. It’s hard to associate farms and farming with …
Pillow Talk
Melissa Carr must be quite a woman, one on a par with the former Lynda Reis Sanford (now Wilcox). In the words of one of my favorite writers, she's a woman to ride the river with. I've never met Melissa Carr, or her husband Andy. He's a retired Texas game warden from Lubbock, and he's …
Fake Craft Beer?
We’ve been hearing a lot about fake news lately. Our president has been accusing some major media outlets of using false sources, but I don’t know about that; I do know there’s a lot of websites out there that put up fake news stories to draw people in. They are atrocious, the source of …
The King’s Forest, revisited
As we begin a new year with a new presidency, I would like to remind Mr. Trump of a few things. First, we’re still thirsty around here. The Feds are making a good start with new regulations that improve the priorities in the favor of farming. But the fight’s not over. We gained some …
The Swing of the Pendulum
There’s an ebb and flow to politics, and it’s very apparent that we’re going through a time of change. The political pendulum had swung far to the left, with all kinds of new social programs and new rules under Obama. but the pendulum hit the wall and is swinging to the right. Donald …
