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WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Reps. Tony Cárdenas (D-San Fernando Valley) and Charles W. Dent (R-Penn.) have announced the formation of the bipartisan Congressional Student-Athlete Protection Caucus. The Caucus was founded…
By Roger Allnutt, Travel Writer COCHIN, INDIA — A group of nuns flutter around the famous Chinese fishing nets at the mouth of Cochin harbor and the fishermen joke with…
Assembly Appropriations Committee Approves Bill by Senators Padilla, De Leon & Lara Which Would Phase Out Single-Use Plastic Bags in California SACRAMENTO, CA — The Assembly Appropriations Committee has approved…
By Roger Allnutt, Travel Writer ALASKA, USA — The Island Spirit nudges closer to the face of the glacier which, even from 300 yards away, towers over us. Everyone keeps…
LOS ANGELES, CA — Earlier this week, Los Angeles Police Commission President Steve Soboroff stated the following: “Today, my fellow Commissioners and I completed the process of reviewing Chief Charlie…
SACRAMENTO — Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. signed legislation this week to put a comprehensive water bond before voters this November. “Water is the lifeblood of any civilization and for…
By Karen McCarthy On February 15, 2010, my life was turned upside down. My commercial bank account at TD Bank was looted. Eastern Europe-based cyber-thieves added my company to the…
VAN NUYS, CA — The Chairman of the Van Nuys Neighborhood Council’s Public Safety Committee has declared the council’s recent Child & Sex Trafficking Summit a huge success. On July…
Robert (Bobby) Sargent Shriver III was born in Chicago in 1954. He is the oldest child of R. Sargent Shriver and Eunice Kennedy Shriver. After graduating cum laude from Yale,…
By J.C. Thomas, Travel Writer Annexing a spectacular stretch of coastline in La Jolla, an upscale community 15 miles north of San Diego, is The Lodge at Torrey Pines. This…