We have a friend, a retiree – we call him “Bicycle Joe” – who pedals around town on his two-wheeler and stops to chat with friends old and new. He always has […]
Why live anywhere else?
Sailing against a strong tide
Now that the Huntington Beach City Council majority has passed an ordinance aimed at limiting “obscenity” and “pornography” in city libraries, I fear the “guardians” they will appoint are in for a […]
Say “nope” to dope shops
I recently found myself in the unfamiliar state of agreeing with an action by the Huntington Beach City Council. As your may have read in the pages of The Tribune, the city […]
It was the “Street’ of Gold
Latest in a series on the “Forgotten Wonders” of West Orange County.” Any OG Garden Grovers remember Belisle’s Restaurant at Harbor Boulevard and Chapman Avenue; it was the city’s most famous eatery […]
When the ‘Golden Bear’ roared
Part Two of “Forgotten Wonders of West Orange County.” “The Golden Bear” in Huntington Beach on Pacific Coast Highway at Main Street is probably holding on to its one-time fame longer than […]
‘Forgotten Wonders’ of OC
There used to be a thing called “The Seven Wonders of the World,” mostly extinct (and possibly mythical) places and buildings that out stand out as monuments to the creativity and history […]
Sam’s Club isn’t Uncle Sam
The State of California has fired a “shot across the bow” at a proposal being considered by the Huntington Beach City Council majority to require voter identification at polling places and installing […]
Shutdown, stopgap, Ukraine
If the federal government escapes a shutdown prompted by a political deadlock in Congress by passing a temporary “stopgap” spending bill, would it include any money for military assistance to Ukraine? The […]
Bicyclists on the road to ruin
OK, so I’m driving down Chapman Avenue, past the See’s Candy, when a guy on a bike sails his two-wheeler diagonally across four lanes of moving traffic. I brake my Chevy in […]
Be smart, be brief, be gone
This will probably shake the foundations of the West Orange County area, but I actually agree with one recent decision of the Westminster City Council. Just in case you didn’t read it […]
