I’ve heard and read a lot of arguments about why it’s in bad taste for a mosque to be built right on top of two blocks away from Ground Zero, and about how it would be hurtful to the survivors… Continue Reading
There are two meaty things to note about the opinion in Perry v. Schwarzenegger. I’ve added a jump page if you want to get in to the two meaty things. The ultra-short version — the opinion sets out findings of… Continue Reading
Judge Vaughn Walker has ruled today that California’s Proposition 8 violates the Federal Constitution in Perry v. Schwarzenegger. I’m pleased with the result but as yet unsure about the reasoning because I’ve not had a chance to read the 136-page… Continue Reading
Thanks to all the well-wishers during the Crown Fire. The fire line wound up coming very close to the aqueduct near my house, but firefighters stopped its advance just shy of the structures there (including two houses where people who… Continue Reading
At our usual Thursday night dinner tonight, one of the partners in the firm got called home early by his wife. A good thing, too, since the fire line for the north end of the Crown Fire has by now… Continue Reading
Somehow, in fifteen plus years of practice, I’d never, ever made an appearance at the Beverly Hills courthouse. That changed earlier this week. I was expecting something posh. Marble or granite on the walls. Sculpture or statuary. Interesting architecture. Parallel… Continue Reading
This is big news. He’s timing his retirement so that Arnold Schwarzenegger, and not his successor, gets to name the next Chief Justice of California.
Looks like what just hit about sixty seconds ago was a 5.9 based in the mountains about halfway between Temecula and the Salton Sea. Here, it felt like a truck hit the building followed by some swaying, like when your… Continue Reading
Local ADT Vendor123 Main StreetQuartz Hill CA 93536 Dear Local Vendor: On the evening of June 28, 2010, at 9:00 p.m. and after dark, two young men wearing ADT golf shirts rang the doorbell of my home, and began a… Continue Reading
Chris Clarke (Coyote Crossing) visits Sunrise Rock. No cross. Enjoy it while it lasts, Chris; eventually, something’s going back up there.