A Health Care Forum will be held on tonight from 7-9 p.m. at St. Stephens Episcopal Church, 24902 Orchard Village Road, Valencia. A panel of experts will discuss the health care crisis and the Single Payer solution (more…)
July 2007
Tue 31 Jul 2007
Tue 31 Jul 2007
John Edwards trails in third place. But his policy ideas are shaping the Democratic presidential race. He strides into an Iowa primary school where more than a hundred people have skipped their (more…)
Tue 31 Jul 2007
Vintage Beacon: Annexation; Modern Dating or the Caveman Approach?
Posted by admin under Annexation , Dave Bossert No CommentsThis week we will be revisiting some vintage commentaries from the past several years to see if they still resonate today as when they were first published. Some of those opinion pieces will be slightly update; especially the more controversial ones. Several, like this one titled “Modern Dating or the Caveman Approach?” have stood the test of time and are still relevant. I got a great reaction when this was first published in 2004 and re-published last summer of 2006. (more…)
Mon 30 Jul 2007
How Campaign 2008 Got A Touch of Italian Drama
Posted by admin under Chris Sharp , Politics No CommentsThis admission will age me – and I’m not happy about that – but I remember extremely well how John F. Kennedy in 1960 made his fellow candidates for president look like a group of tired lounge lizards. (more…)
Mon 30 Jul 2007
Vintage Beacon: Another different look at Annexation – What’s in it for us?
Posted by admin under Ron Mechsner No CommentsThis week we will be revisiting some vintage commentaries from the past several years to see if they still resonate today as when they were first published. Some of those opinion pieces will be slightly update; especially the more controversial ones. Several, like this one written in July of 2006 by Ron Mechsner, are especially relevant today. (more…)
Sun 29 Jul 2007
As housing woes spread to the corporate credit market, the economic outlook is sure to decline. Just how much further down do we have to go? News from credit markets and economic data (more…)
Sun 29 Jul 2007
Bridging Poverty Gap should be IMF Priority, says Strauss-Kahn
Posted by admin under World News No CommentsBridging the gap between rich and poor countries should be as high a priority for the International Monetary Fund as helping to solve the world’s financial imbalances (more…)
Sun 29 Jul 2007
Wall Street closed lower on Friday after a tumultuous week in which the S&P 500 index experienced its worst performance since September 2002 as heightened credit market concerns (more…)
Sat 28 Jul 2007
‘I didn’t eat and I didn’t sleep’: Coin Dealer Flies Dime Worth $1.9 Million to NYC
Posted by admin under Arts/ Entertainment No CommentsJohn Feigenbaum flew out of San Jose this week in first class, with flip-flops on his feet, a T-shirt on his back and a dime worth $1.9 million in his pocket (more…)
Sat 28 Jul 2007
Worries about a population explosion have been replaced by fears of decline. The population of (more…)
Sat 28 Jul 2007
Antonovich to Dedicate Castaic Lake Boating Instruction Safety Center
Posted by admin under County of LA , Castaic No CommentsLos Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich along with County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation, California State Parks, California Department of Boating and Waterway; (more…)
Sat 28 Jul 2007
Recalled Canned Foods Continue to Be Found on Grocery Shelves
Posted by admin under National , Health No CommentsStores continue to sell recalled canned chili, stew, hash and other foods potentially contaminated with poisonous bacteria even after (more…)