Monthly Archives: November 2008

During her talk at the Huntington Library last weekend, author Frances Dinkelspiel told this story about early Jewish immigrant and California settler Isaias Hellman, the subject of her new book: The year was 1893. The banking industry was shaky. Hellman, … Continue reading →

As if California needed more bad news…. there was this that came across my desk on Friday. A report from UC Berkeley quantified the state’s real estate losses should the full effects of global warming be realized. “The report finds … Continue reading →

Assembly Speaker Karen Bass has a request for President George W. Bush: Show me the money. She is drafting a letter to the lame duck president, asking him for a $5 billion “cash infusion” (read: bailout) so the state doesn’t … Continue reading →

Local Obama volunteer Ralph Walker called this morning, like he’s done so many times throughout this long presidential campaign, asking me “what’s the word?” “Historical. Change. Amazing,” I uttered. “I’ve heard that. Tell me something new.” I said: “Hope in … Continue reading →

If today’s presidential election was determined by children, Barack Obama would be the winner. That according to Studies Weekly/Woogi World, makers of children’s textbooks and kid-friendly Internet tools, who conduted a poll of the nation’s school kids in all 50 … Continue reading →

From my tiny neck of the woods, voting went swimmingly this morning. I walked into my precinct in south Temple City, found the correct “table” and told the bevy of volunteers my name. I signed the book, got my ballot, … Continue reading →