Voracious Pest Found on Vessel Arriving From Japan
LOS ANGELES – A vessel arriving at Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport from Japan was ordered out of U.S.waters when U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists and officers detected…
Facts of the Week 8-15-11
~ Washington, D.C. is 68 square miles in area. ~ Greater Washington has the largest percent of adults with advanced degrees (21 percent) in the U.S., more than twice the…
Poem of the Week 8-15-11
By the Lake By Tu Fu The old fellow from Shao-ling weeps with stifled sobs as he walks furtively by the bends of the Sepentine on a day in spring.…
The Lodge, Bandon Dunes
The Lodge at Bandon Dunes is the center of resort activity. Inside the Lodge, you’ll find three venues for celebrating your round of golf or fulfilling the appetite you worked…
The Day I Joined the Gym
By Louise Chamis See, I have this titanium knee – no Bionic Woman jokes, please. It cost Medicare $85,000 and I ended up walking like the comedian, Tim Conway, doing…
Ask Government George 8-15-11
Question: Dear Government George, do you know anything about gang injunctions? Answer: There are currently 37 active injunctions in the city involving 57 gangs. A gang injunction is a restraining…
There’s More Than Meets The Eye in Orlando
By K.D. Wallis For more than a decade, I have been forced to travel to Orlando,Florida, several times a year for business. I say “forced”, because quite honestly, I would…
Green Springs Inn, Ashland, Oregon
Less than an hour’s drive from Medford and not much farther from Klamath Falls, the Green Springs is a world apart from the hustle, bustle and endless asphalt of modern…
The Sometimes Traveling Man 8-15-11
By Irving Leemon The St. Regis Bahia Beach is nestled on 483 acres of a former coconut plantation; it was designated as the Caribbean’s first and only Certified Gold Audubon…
Ron Galperin Named President of L.A. Quality and Productivity Commission
Ron Galperin has been elected President of the City of L.A. Quality and Productivity Commission – a 15-member panel charged with encouraging innovation and efficiency in Los Angeles city government.…