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Today I’m the happiest brother in the world
It was one of the most beautiful sights I had ever seen: My sister leaving UC Davis Medical Center in a wheelchair Sunday afternoon.
A tax solution that could make things a lot worse
Do you drink alcohol? Perhaps you smoke cigarettes. Maybe you drive a vehicle. Do you earn a pay check? Are you among the folks who buy items at retail stores or dine in restaurants?
A primer on how to change habits
Most of life is done by rote.
Bass Pro Shops is deal that’s paying off for Manteca
Imagine the City of Manteca having to spend $3.5 million to cover a bond payment because The Promenade Shops at Orchard Valley isn't finished.
Just how ‘dire’ is the loss of six firefighters?
Does anyone really want to see Manteca lose six firefighters?
Eight dirty little secrets about Manteca & city funding
Ready for to hear a couple of dirty little secrets?
Mother of 6 passes muster for CHP
Clenched fist knuckle pushups into the hot asphalt was just one of the challenges Heather Lundbom faced in the California Highway Patrol Academy that graduated only six women recently out of the 68 who were actually sworn-in as traffic officers.
CASWELL PARK BECKONS
A unique Central Valley gem encompassing 258 acres awaits those venturing to the southern end of Austin Road.
It’s wrong using 3rd graders for political objectives
How would you view a teacher taking class time to have her third grade students write legislators to protest cuts to education and to raise the budget?
Cancer research: Wrong number for cell phones?
I should be dead.
I confess, I use my cell phone just for phone calls
"Wow, you still have a flip phone? That's almost prehistoric."
A 9-year-old GECAC success story
Matthew Refuerzo could easily be a poster boy for Give Every Child a Chance.
California wants to penalize those who follow the law when others don’t
The California Legislature can't even balance a check book yet they have no problem telling the rest of us who aren't in financial trouble and who follow the law how to live our lives.
‘Mister Dillon’ reunited with Dennis Weaver
Marshal Matt Dillon (Jim Arness) is up in heaven right now with Kitty (Amanda Blake), Deputy Dennis Goode (Dennis Weaver) and Doc (Milburn Stone) enjoying a beer at the Long Branch Salon swapping stories and reminiscing about the good old days when TV shows didn't need gratuitous sex and violence to enthrall viewers.
The X-Men... again
It used to be a blockbuster movie franchise got a reboot every decade or so, but with audience attention span obviously dropping to virtually nil, what's here today is ...well, back today.
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Time to bite the bullet (train) & pull plug
If you own a Ford Focus, Chevy Cruze or a Honda Civic it costs you 16.3 cents a mile to operate your vehicle once gas, maintenance, tires, insurance and depreciation are taken into account.
Central Valley tule fog is why Santa needs Rudolph
Editor's note: Dennis Wyatt is on vacation. This column first appeared on Dec. 14, 2010.
Repeat childhoods of yesteryear today & they’d be child abuse charges
Editor's note: Dennis Wyatt is on vacation. This column first appeared on May 12, 2011.
CPUC acts more like lapdog than watchdog of PG&E
Editor's note: Dennis Wyatt is on vacation. This column first appeared on July 26, 2011
Sagging economy may be starting back up but what about pants?
Editor's note: Dennis Wyatt is on vacation. This column first appeared Feb. 8, 2002.
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