Stacey Barker - It's Time To Get This Trial Underway

Monday is another day in the ongoing saga of Stacey Barker's pending murder trial - but more importantly, Sunday, April 25 - will mark the third Easter Sunday  Emma Leigh Barker will not be celebrating with...

Incomplete Short Sale Foreclosures Hinder Market Recovery

Realtors in California stated that incomplete short sale foreclosures are partly to blame for the housing market's slow recovery. Around 40% of short sales in the area do not reach closing stages. "Although existing housing unit sales improved in California in November 2010,...

Damage from Tsunami (Generated by quake in Chili) in Ventura CA

News just in from Weather Channel:  Tidal surge in Ventura, CA Harbor.  Buoys were swept away but no boats. No injuries or damage. Ventura tidal surge significant but no big wave.  Some sand erosion on Ventura beaches. This is all the news to date.

Supreme Court will still consider YouTube for Prop 8 trial

(See other Now Public coverage here.) Although a Supreme Court ruling yesterday overturned a California high justice's ruling that the Proposition 8 trial in San Francisco could be shown in delayed time on...

GOP and its 'war within', becoming irrelevant in CA?

Amid the talk that nationally,  the GOP is at war within, and splintering, and in disarray,  there comes the news that the Republican Party is falling low in the state of California,  becoming contentious and shadowy:    The story of the California...

Vallejo Mayor apologizes after anti-gay remarks

The Mayor of a California town is apologizing for remarks he made which were offensive to the gay community.    This California community of Vallejo not only faces municipal troubles and bankruptcy,  but evangelical ministers and churches have forayed...

Official Trailer for Heath Ledger's Final Film

The official trailer from The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, starring the late Heath Ledger is in his final film, was released today via Yahoo Movies. "Blessed with the extraordinary gift of guiding the...

CA Gov ask for state funds for high speed rail

During the campaign season and after,  Obama made some impressive speeches about high speed rail.  (For my story,  see:  ...

Gallery Three presents, Ramblin Worker / Steve MacDonald

Gallery Three is proud to present “Upstairs Is Where The Magic Happens,” a new body of work by Steve MacDonald. Intermixing gold, silver and explosive colors, MacDonald creates enchanting worlds made of thread...

California to Cut CalWORKS Welfare Program comment.

CA was going broke for years in pouring out tax payers' hard earned tax dollars to the welfare collectors and now it has come to this. I know for a fact it may hurt some who are in need for welfare system to help them but there so many countless welfare cheaters does...

Masters of the Impossible: New Work by Steve MacDonald

Masters of the Impossible: New Work by Steve MacDonaldExhibition dates: September 4 – 29, 2009; reception date: September 4, 7-9 pm.San Francisco design store and gallery, Rare Device, is proud to present Masters...

Same-sex marriage advocates target 2012

"  I think 2010 is just too early," said Rick Infantino, a spokesman for Marriage Equality Silicon Valley. "Eventually, marriage equality will happen for everyone. But we think we have a better chance of...

Zelaya Briefly Enters, Then Leaves Honduras.

This was just a publicity stunt by Zelaya, nothing more.  A photo op for the international reporters who favor him. It did no good, did not advance his cause but it did lead to headlines in the leftist press...

Simon and Schuster Viewing Truth About Kos (DailyKos) Project?

Site Meter Records Simon and Schuster Interestin Truth About Kos (DailyKos) Blog ProjectThis post is an acknowledgement of the interest that one anonymous user at Simon and Schuster has expressed in learning about the "Truth About Kos (DailyKos)" Project, which I...

SFU Burnaby VS SFU Surrey!

Earlier this month, my friend and I got into a heated debate about which SFU campus we should take our Financial Accounting class in. “Hey Kelvin, where do you think you are going to take your BUS 251 course?  I am going to enroll in the Surrey Campus, its unique...

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