THE JACKALS of the local media, especially at the big-toothed Press Democrat, are always happy to see pot raids on the locally prominent, especially the locally prominent they politically oppose. But one would think the…
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IN THE MEDIA clamor surrounding the Aaron Bassler manhunt, Robert Pinoli frequently appeared on television and radio. Articulate and always on point, Pinoli, manager and part owner of the Skunk Train, is the son of…
UNTHINKABLE BEDFELLOWS Editor, The headline for Debra Keipp’s letter last week (AVA, 9/21/2011) could more accurately have been “Hallucinatory Bedfellows.” Miss Keipp seems to have a ten-year repeating pattern (like a mental stutter) of public…
Dear Editor, Tehachapi State Prison. Thanks so much for the subscription the last eight months. It's really helped keep me in touch with the outside world and my mind off my daily struggles behind bars.…
WHOEVER started the flattering rumor that the old ambulance barn has been remodeled certainly has a lot of gall. This individual passed the misinformation along to my editor who inserted it in my report of…
THE MOST INTERESTING THING about former SoCo winemaker LaMarion Spence’s idea to help wine tasters avoid DUI arrests (not mentioned in the Press Democrat’s story last week, of course) is the de facto admission that…
GLOBITY, EMPIRACY, DOOM Dear Bruce, Empires come and empires go, and ours is over. Who said that? Anyone who has been paying attention. Sometimes the end of an empire is due to environmental factors; others…