Restart the presses: California’s oldest weekly newspaper saved The Los Angeles Times, by Brittny Mejia, January 7, 2020 The state’s oldest weekly newspaper, which once published Mark Twain, will keep printing after a California retiree stepped in to save the day. Carl Butz, a fourth-generation native Californian, is taking over the Mountain Messenger, which is … Continue reading News desert avoided: California’s oldest weekly newspaper saved from closure→
By Roger Straw, January 8, 2020 I was encouraged to read a headline in the Washington Post this morning, “Colorado just used its gun seizure law for the first time — one day after it took effect.” The Post report is specific to Colorado, but it outlines a “growing list of states with legislation allowing … Continue reading More people are using California’s new firearms seizure laws→
[Editor: Back in the 1980s, I followed the lead of Dr. Helen Caldicott, who called for a “nuclear freeze.” My spouse and I thought it was important enough that we founded an educational program on the dangers of nuclear arms and nuclear energy. I have felt the same urgency in more recent years about the … Continue reading Nuclear power IS / IS NOT the answer…→
[BenIndy Editor: Please come to the Pinole Public library on Nov. 13 at 6pm to protest the plan to increase dredging in the Bay. More info and sign a petition at Sunflower Alliance. If you can’t make it, download a comment form – or comment by email to SFBaytoStockton.PA@usace.army.mil. – RS] The Army Corps is … Continue reading Dredging the Carquinez to Accommodate Oil→
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