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Horny toads. I have a sentimental attachment to them. As a child, growing up in the San Fernando Valley, I found their dinosaur-like appearance fascinating. On hot summer days I

As I get older, I have come to realize certain things about myself. I found out that I only have so much energy and, once its expended, all I can

The picture shown is of a serene and idyllic day in May 1918. Row, row, row your boat gently up the Hudson. William Horton had married Emma Muldoon two short

No more 24-packs of bottled water. Bags of rice, dried beans, noodles, and even cases of Ramen and Spam are gone.  Store shelves are emptying. Santa Claritans are stocking up. 

The streets of Los Angeles and San Francisco are fouled with human waste. This is abhorrent. The so-called leadership of these two cities is clueless to effect change. Both cities

I saw two dead people Sunday night. It was late. I was headed home, driving through a deserted downtown Los Angeles. As I rounded the corner, the still-warm bodies were posed

On Jan. 21, the city Planning Commission approved a new construction project at the Westfield Valencia Town Center mall. In response, an organization called Santa Clarita Safe and Strong appealed

Homelessness. The pandemic issue that has infected our body politic and raising our collective temperatures to boiling. We’ve got a fever and it’s not subsiding until our local and state

Taxes hurt. Taxes hurt badly. Even Bernie Sanders doesn’t want to pay taxes. Bernie earned $1.1 million in 2016 and 2017, but when he was asked if he paid extra

Many years ago now, I strangled my baby brother. No need to send the police. It was a justifiable homicide. My youngest sibling-like substance, Hondo, is interesting. He’s never had

Los Angeles County is most populous county in the U.S. California is the largest economy among all the states in the U.S. California real estate of all types is in

There are big, big, changes coming to your voting booth this upcoming primary election. Almost everything we’ve come to accept as standard and routine for how we vote has now

If you live in the south Santa Clarita Valley, you may have noticed an increase in noise from jet and propeller planes. It’s not your imagination.  The FAA has instituted

So amidst all the madness of impeachment, Oscar bozos, the agonizing mystery of where Patriots QB and multimillionaire Tom Brady and his supermodel wife will dwell, living in an absolute