First game couldn’t arrive sooner for USC


It’s here. It’s been eight months since USC last played a football game — 241 days, to be exact. It’s actually been about 10 months since USC played a game that was enjoyable to watch, but I digress. The wait is over. This is a team, a fan base and a program all too eager […]

Haute Highlights


LA County Fair Aug. 30  to Sept. 29 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona, CA 91768 Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all? Might it be the L.A. County Fair? The 2013 L.A. County Fair opens Friday and for the first day will offer $1 admission from 3 to 6 p.m. This […]

Changing technology creates new fears too


Every generation, it seems, bears with it a unique set of fears. I take comfort imagining that even in biblical times, people — after years of parental warning — would scan the room at the slightest fear that unwanted ears were listening in. But the 21st century seems to have ushered in a new set […]