By Jane Harper, The Virginian-Pilot VIRGINIA BEACH — Nicholas Olenik has battled mental health challenges throughout his life. As a sometimes anxious child, it took longer for him to process emotions. Four years ago, the 41-year-old fell into a depression when his brother died from a heart attack. The dark days of the pandemic, and…
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Heavens no I am not on the side of the writers and actors. I place a great deal of blame on Hollywood for the condition our state is in. They have used their liberal agenda to influence and support our politicians in this once great state. So now they are worried about possibly…
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Yes, they had to strike I am a SAG AFTRA-, WGA-franchised agent. I represent 38 clients. Only five of those clients make the required $26,500 needed to get health insurance. Why is that? Because the old residual model provided a way for non-stars to make a living and feed their families. In the advent…
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The first time I interviewed Michael Symon, celebrity chef-TV personality-cookbook author, we discussed his notorious Pig Ear Sandwich. In the discussion, a lot of laughter mixed in. Laughing is another one of Symon’s specialties. His “Michael Symon’s 5 in 5 for Every Season” cookbook (Clarkson Potter) is a treasure of quick, easy recipes. From its…
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Associated Press BEIJING — Torrential rain in areas around China’s capital, Beijing, killed at least 20 people and left 27 missing, the government reported Tuesday, as flooding destroyed roads, uprooted trees and knocked out power. Thousands of people were evacuated to shelters in schools and other public buildings in suburban Beijing and in the nearby…
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The California legislature is considering a bill to decriminalize the personal possession of the safest and most well-researched psychedelics. The sensible solutions in State Sen. Scott Weiner’s much-needed Senate Bill 58 would also task the state’s public health authorities with designing a path for regulated, professionally supervised psychedelic therapy so that Californians could benefit from…
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Bryan Gunther, who recently caught a nearly 7-pound barred sand bass, was confident the fish’s size would remain the record-holder in a competition meant to raise awareness of recreational fishing conservation and sustainability along Southern California’s coastline. So, on Monday, July 31, the last day of Dana Wharf’s Sportfishing Catch & Release Bass Tournament, Gunther,…
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Talk about organizational mission creep. Once again, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation has qualified a ballot measure intended to expand rent control across California. And once again, Californians will have to defeat the economically illiterate and intellectually vacuous proposal. The misleadingly-named Justice for Renters Act seeks to repeal the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, which prohibits governments…
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As it stands, the 2024 California ballot would be, as the old saying goes, “déjà vu all over again.” Nine measures have qualified for the ballot: two constitutional amendments for the March primary election, and five initiatives and two referenda for the November general election. All are replays of polarizing ideological issues. The two March…
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Q: Gabriel Vera of La Verne said his city has bike lanes separated by a solid white line from the regular motor vehicle traffic lanes, much like other cities. Vera noted that drivers of motor vehicles are driving into the bike lanes to make right turns, crossing over the solid white line. He said drivers…
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