July 28, 2010

Homestyle gourmet: Four Daughters

When Four Daughters opened it looked like it was going to be a straightforward American restaurant. But as time went

Kinky Rides Again


Texas gubernatorial candidate, author, columnist, cigar-maker, animal rescuer, and the famed leader of the Texas Jewboys, Kinky Friedman returns to California for the first time in two decades.

South Bronx to South Bay: Wikileak another big spill

Just when one leak was plugged, another erupted. Just when the worst of the Gulf oil spill seemed at last to be over, that enormous spill of classified documents on the Afghan war hit the news.

High school confidential


A golden retriever will show up unexpectedly to sniff your car for contraband. You will be asked to take a drug test if your parents sign off on it. If you are discovered with drugs or alcohol, or if you decide to tell on yourself, you will be offered help from well-trained peer counselors, and a well-informed teacher, and can be steered to outside counselors as well.

Welcome to Mira Costa High School.

Invention helps skaters catch a tow

Rick Barraza is a renaissance man – an energy healer, a jewelry designer, a garment-company honcho, and now the inventor of Gripski, a lightweight, retractable four-foot tether that a skater can use to get a tow from a bicycle.

New website keeps tweens sweet

Manhattan Beach woman launches a tweener girl social networking site that promises a safe and bully-free online community.

Safari in Saxony

Words and photos by John Clayton

It could have been the opening for a James Bond movie, or even one of those wonderful black and white mystery movies of the ‘30s or ‘40s.