While Gov. Gavin Newsom floats dreams of a future presidential campaign, California is drowning — and he’s holding the hose. From rising crime to record homelessness, from rolling blackouts to

Dear City o’ SClarita City Council — Pals! I write today to beseech you to cease and desist in your search for a new planning commissioner. Why? You have in

I’ve had enough of reading things  By neurotic, psychotic, pig-headed politicians  All I want is the truth  Just give me some truth  – John Lennon  Lennon was singing about Richard

On the day of his second inauguration, President Donald Trump signed an executive order creating the Department of Government Efficiency, “DOGE.”  Instead of carefully determining where fraud existed or evaluating

By David Hegg It has been said that we are presented with more new information every day than Jonathan Edwards, an 18th-century theologian and president of Princeton, did in his

“She is uniquely qualified in her capacity as a lawyer to benefit our Planning Commission decisions. She is also involved in many local nonprofits and her dedication of 11 years

My first run-in with war was when I was 5. I was playing in the living room and my handsome young father was in the overstuffed chair, reading the newspaper.

Landing at Burbank Airport always feels like stepping back in time. No jetways here — just a long ramp to the tarmac, painted lines and a gate built 80 years

Another month has passed, and with it, the predictable chorus of complaints about Pride Month. Every June, like clockwork, we hear the same disingenuous refrain: “Why don’t we celebrate veterans

By David Hegg I love July 4 and all it stands for. I remember lying on my back in a massive park in Boise, Idaho, watching the magnificent fireworks display

Imagine sitting down to plan the family budget for the year. You set aside money for rent, food, transportation, health care and fun activities.   Fast forward 10 years and

Once, I snapped at Ruth Newhall. In the newsroom. Strangest thing? I am here, alive, and able to talk about my death-inviting stupidity.  It was about 50 years ago and

Let’s be honest — this wasn’t an easy budget cycle. Uncertainty from the federal level, looming cuts and divisive rhetoric cast a long shadow. But here in Assembly District 40,

By David Hegg The great American pastime is no longer baseball, or for that matter, anything even remotely related to sport. No, it is much more consuming than any passion

I’ve grown fond of publicly writing the phrase, “as I begin to approach middle age.” It irritates many literal thinkers with sound math and logic skills. They note if I’m

The final scene in Stanley Kubrick’s dark classic, “Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb,” ends with Slim Pickens as Major “King” Kong, hooting

Every June, as caps fly and diplomas are handed out, our community takes a moment to reflect on the accomplishments of its students and the journeys that brought them to

A criticism of the communist system includes that modern communist regimes are all about diminishing freedoms and squelching any opposition in order to sustain firm control over its population. Modern communism