1+ hour, 54+ min ago  (359+ words) Tulsi Gabbard was my hero. Although I am registered as a Republican, as a noninterventionist I was thrilled when Gabbard ran for president in 2019 as the Democratic Party's primary antiwar candidate. At the time, she was a U.S. House member and…...

12+ hour, 21+ min ago  (690+ words) It's not a great idea to bet against human ingenuity. SACRAMENTO " Paul Ehrlich, Stanford University's doom-predicting biologist who recently died at age 93, has received remarkably fitting obituaries. Sample headlines: "Paul Ehrlich was wrong about everything." "Anti-civilization extremist exposed." "The professor…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (281+ words) Remember in ye olde before times, of blessed memory, when a standard rap on Democratic candidates for office by Republicans running against them was that they had never had a real job, never met a payroll, were only good enough…...

19+ hour, 58+ min ago  (483+ words) Chumash Day Powwow and Intertribal Gathering at Malibu Bluffs Park is a gathering of families and an homage to ancestors and Native American culture. And when it returns for its 25th anniversary on March 28-29 people will also have the chance to…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (597+ words) After three years of meetings, the Reconnecting Communities 710 Advisory Group Wednesday, March 18, finalized its recommendations around restorative justice, land use and place making with the goal of healing a physical and social wound left by a failed and exploitative freeway…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (191+ words) Three Alhambra Unified School District teams Wednesday, March 18, left for the state academic decathlon competition in Santa Clara. According to the district, it's the first time all of AUSD's high schools have qualified for the state competition. Last month, Alhambra…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (499+ words) Sandra "Sandy" Steers, the executive director of Friends of Big Bear Valley, famous for its webcams of a mated pair of bald eagles, has died. Fawnskin resident Steers, 73, died Wednesday, Feb. 11. She had been fighting cancer for the past several…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (393+ words) It was an embarrassment of riches in the world's poorest region. Elephants, hippos, buffalo, giraffes, gazelles, zebras, impalas and warthogs " all roaming free just a stone's throw from our dusty 44 in Kenya's Tsavo East National Park. Those visuals alone would…...

2+ day, 39+ min ago  (210+ words) A New York Times investigation has uncovered "extensive evidence that the United Farm Workers co-founder" C'sar Ch'vez "groomed and sexually abused girls who worked in the movement." In addition to accusations Ch'vez abused minors and women, his longtime ally Dolores…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (259+ words) By ERIC TUCKER, DAVID KLEPPER and STEPHEN GROVES The annual worldwide threats hearings involving the government's senior-most intelligence officials are taking place at a time of scrutiny over the U.S. military campaign in the Middle East and heightened concerns about terrorism…...