Preserve rate jumps ahead two full stars
If I were to rate Sierra Vista Open Space Preserve based on my first visit, I would award it just two stars out of a possible five. But that was four years ago and things have changed.
A few Grinch gripes; let’s clearly understand what the Brown Act says
Well, I was going to write a Grinch column and complain about all the pins and fasteners in men’s dress shirts, the cyclists wearing invisible king’s crowns who ride three and four abreast in the roadway and sneer if you honk after waiting for a couple of minutes, or those who fumble at the grocery checkout counter pulling out one coin at a time to get the exact change while six people are in line ... but enough, I’m not really in the mood and that’s a good thing.
Police officer deaths hit close to home
It's always in the back of my mind. I suppose that's true for anyone with a family member or friend in law enforcement. You can't help but have that tiny, nagging sense of dread that says, "What if ...?"
