Monthly Archives: February 2011

‘Family Promise’ new homeless program coming to SGV

I asked the Rev. Andy Bales, CEO of the Union Rescue Mission on Skid Row in L.A., what he thought of the recent homeless counts. “Steve, it is like trying to nail Jell-O to a wall,” he told me. In … Continue reading

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Re-green change takes time

Joggers run in Peck Road Water Conservation Park. Visitors stand on the edge of the north end of the lake at Peck Road Park on Thursday. Unlike regime change and tornadoes, environmental restoration happens very slowly. Why? Scientists estimate it … Continue reading

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Highest paid government bureaucrat in CA

….The name of the highest paid government worker in California (in 2009) is: (drumroll): Dennis Diemer, who made $420,220 in 2009. Diemer said his salary was not always that high. He spiked it by more than $100,000 by cashing in … Continue reading

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