Columns

By Howard Hills An ad hoc coalition of evangelical church leaders is lobbying with zeal in support of legalization and public benefits for unlawful migrants....

The last one, my youngest, Harrison, graduated from Sage Hill High School. My first was Margarita Aguilar, whose whole family had come to live with...

From Corrections To Jazz The market’s uptrend momentum lost energy and the background news of anxieties about interest rates pushed it into a “correction.” This...

by Chris Quilter This edition of Patchwork got underway in the utilitarian jurors' lounge at the Santa Ana Courthouse, where solid citizens silently pray they...

By Nadine B. Hoffman   I’m sleeping a little more soundly now. But then, it’s been more than a week since I saw the dead man. Sunday...

By Mark D. Crantz Laguna Beach.  Another perfect day in Paradise, but oh no, the tourists are coming.  The tourists are coming.  Paul Revere had...

"Nothing's better for me than going out in the water with four guys , and it's so much damn fun!" --Corky Smith, Brooks Street...

Treasury Bonds Or Tesla Stock? Stocks sold off as the summer began, giving back the gains they achieved in May. Investors seemed unusually spooked by...

By Arnie Silverman June 2 marks the anniversary of the start of the Korean War.  On that date in 1950 armed forces from communist North...

Let’s talk trees – since they seem to be the target of pending city legislation that will signal their doom. The recent elimination of towering...

Before South of Mission in San Francisco there was SoHo in New York, and now NoHo and The Bowery, and every city seems to...

Walk into a room crowded with partiers chatting animatedly. Glasses are raised. Hors d’oeuvres on tiny plates are being balanced. There are conversations that...

Farewell To May, Hello To Summer The market had a good month. As May comes to a close, the S&P 500 is up around 6%...