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Snake Oil Salesman or TV Reporter?

On September 21, 2018September 18, 2018 By Len WilcoxIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

When a hurricane hits the east coast, we can count on a lot more than wind and water damage.  We can count on some outrageous video, of these incredible weathermen and news reporters, who brave danger to bring us first hand reporting of the storm.   These intrepid souls seem immune to the laws of …

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National Day of the Cowboy

On July 28, 2018July 26, 2018 By Len WilcoxIn history, Uncategorized, WesternersLeave a comment

The last Saturday of July is the National Day of the Cowboy. Many of the first cowboys really were boys - at least, they were when they started out. The job was hard, dirty and dangerous - they had to quickly become men.  The cowboy began in the Southwest.  The Spanish created the first big …

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Another Wacky Cali

On June 20, 2018June 29, 2018 By Len WilcoxIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

California has a reputation for attracting some very interesting characters.  This year there’s been another one on the loose, making a name for himself, out on the Mojave Desert.  He built a steam-powered rocket and shot himself up into the sky, about 1800 feet, hitting 350 miles an hour and falling back to earth, all …

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America’s First Farmers

On May 22, 2018 By Len WilcoxIn history, UncategorizedLeave a comment

In the 1850’s, farmers from the United States began a massive migration, crossing the continent first to the gold fields in Colorado and California then to the rich soil and abundant sunshine of the lowlands such as the San Joaquin.  Along the way they infilled the plains and mountain, rapidly filling the country with land-hungry …

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New California Revolution?

On January 25, 2018January 20, 2018 By Len WilcoxIn Ag Politics, Politics, UncategorizedLeave a comment

  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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