The first order of business is to thank the many dozens of readers, friends and elected officials who wrote, called and otherwise expressed their condolences over the loss of our reporter, Sean Belk.
Shortly after 8:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 11, Long Beach police officers responded to a report of an auto collision on Obispo Avenue, south of Broadway. One of the drivers, in critical condition and transported to Memorial Hospital, died of his injuries.
The often quoted expression you reap what you sow tends to be true, especially if one is sowing in the early 18th century garden of Queen Anne of England. Queen Anne (Olivia Coleman) is feeble, indecisive, frequently confused, occasionally cantankerous, petulant and falls down a lot.
It’s not “Hamilton” – its music and lyrics (by Sherman Edwards) and the book (by Peter Stone) are much more in the tradition of other standard American musicals than is Lin-Manuel Miranda’s rap infused story of the nation’s first Secretary of the Treasury.
The great State of California recently inaugurated its newly elected governor, Gavin Newsom, who assumes this prominent office despite an inauspicious start in life. As the child of a broken family, his mother raised him as she worked three jobs.
Richard Montoya, Ricardo Salinas, and Herbert Siguenza may not be the post modern equivalent of Moe, Larry and Curly – The Three Stooges – they are more topical, politically charged, and not nearly as silly as The Stooges.
Husband, Pete (Mark Wahlberg) and his wife, Ellie (Rose Byrne), “sort-of want” to become Dad and Mom. They are considering starting a family, but not any time soon. The idea is an “in-the-future” kind of thought.”
Last Friday my wife, Anita, and I reached a milestone that few married couples achieve – a 50th anniversary. Only six percent of married couples get there while 35 percent get to the 25th anniversary mark.
The title of the article I just finished reading is as startling as if it said: “How to live forever.” But even more improbable, it says: “How to fix the health system.” The author is David Lazarus, a most prolific columnist these past two decades, currently with the Los Angeles Times and before
