DECEMBER 20, 2018 ¤ I have a child who is colicky, so we stay up nights. She is not so old that she can watch movies and understand them, but we do anyway. She does not need to watch movies made for children as result of the first point, but we do anyway. […]
Blog: The Changed Party
DECEMBER 20, 2018 ¤ I was eating a plum over the sink when my eight-year-old daughter Amanda slipped into the kitchen and started picking through the trash. She pulled out some crumpled plastic and old food, examining each item carefully before setting it on the counter. My plum dripped dark red drops into […]
Blog: Penske starts running Freightliner electric trucks in California – hoping someday they’ll make economic sense
“This is not a demo, this is really a long-term test,” said Brian Hard, president and CEO of Penske Truck Leasing. The medium-duty trucks, generally used for local delivery to retail outlets and the like, will be carrying goods that include building materials, automotive parts, bottled beverages and snack foods, said Hard. “They’re going to […]
Blog: Shaq’s Florida mansion, a mammoth monument to himself, gets a $6-million price cut
Outside Orlando, a Shaq-sized mansion just got a Shaq-sized price cut. After listing his lakefront home for $28 million in May, NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal has put it back on the market for $21.99 million. The oversized estate spans 3 acres and offers 12 bedrooms and 13 bathrooms across 31,000… Source: latimes.com – Los Angeles […]
Blog: Former USC coach Tony Bland agrees to plea deal in bribery case
Prosecutors alleged Bland accepted a $13,000 bribe in exchange for steering USC players to use a sports management company and financial advisor when they turned professional. The prosecutors also accused Bland of directing a combined $9,000 in payments to associates of USC player De’Anthony Melton and recruit Taeshon Cherry. Source: latimes.com – Los Angeles Times
Blog: Case against Joshua Tree homeless couple accused of child abuse is dismissed
A homeless Joshua Tree couple accused of child abuse after they were found living with their children in a shack in the desert earlier this year no longer faces criminal charges in the case. Daniel Panico, 73, and Mona Kirk, 51, had been charged in March with three felony counts of child abuse after San […]