Lawsuit Abuse Awareness Week is Done, But the Problem Persists
You might have missed “Lawsuit Abuse Awareness Week” last week but the effects of lawsuit abuse on California businesses and consumers are a year-round concern. California is still considered a minefield of legal traps and costs when it comes to doing business here and adding to all Californians cost of living. California trial lawyers have […]
Hold Off on PG&E Criticism….at Least for Now
There’s a lot of conspiracy theories out there about whether PG&E is doing this as part of a campaign for a bailout of the beleaguered utility. The fact is that the Legislature, Public Utilities Commission, and federal courts (the one overseeing the San Bruno probation, not bankruptcy) asked for this. While the federal court was […]
PG&E’s Power Shutoff is Unacceptable
PG&E’s massive power shutoff is unacceptable. This policy has to change. PG&E’s decision to protect itself from liability at the expense of hardworking Californians will not be tolerated. This disregards people’s livelihoods. We depend on electricity to live and earn a living. Millions without electricity is what a third world country looks like, not a […]
The Rap on Vallejo
California’s greatest art is supposedly created by collisions between the different culture in our biggest cities. But if that’s true, how did Vallejo become a capital of hip hop? The North Bay city of 120,000, in producing generations of acclaimed rappers, makes the case that, in our era of hyper-connectivity, the isolation of life on […]