The California Public Utilities Commission blew it.
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Editor: A couple of weeks ago, a woman wrote that she is definitely going to vote for Barack Obama for president because he will bring change to the United States.
Editor: As a youngster growing up in a small town in southern Indiana during the Depression, you knew nearly everyone by first and last names. In emergencies or deaths, you could count on the support of relatives, friends and neighbors for food, comfort and sympathy.
Editor: The proposed 2025 general plan of the city of Livingston is the same old rehash of low-density housing and urban sprawl that the Valley has seen for decades. There is nothing new or innovative about it.
Lawmakers should allow current regulations to take care of out-of-network health care costs.
You end up at the nearest emergency room with a life-threatening illness or injury. It's out of your health insurance network, no fault of yours. The doctor charges $286 for your emergency care; the insurer wants to pay $159.
The California Public Utilities Commission blew it. The commission has ruled that irrigation district electricity customers living in parts of Riverbank, Escalon, Oakdale, Ripon and Merced County must pay a monthly fee to PG&E stemming from charges incurred during the 2000-2001 energy crisis. As part of its justification for those fees, the commission has relied on Assembly Bill 1x, written in 2001, which authorizes the state to "recover costs incurred in connection with electric power purchases, transmission scheduling and other related expenses."
Editor: I find it necessary to respond to the Aug. 18 letter to the editor about the $2.9 million Measure O bond election of the Planada Elementary School District on the Nov. 4 ballot.
Editor: One of the most beautiful things about our United States is the diversity of opinion.
Judge allows sale of neglected cemetery to go ahead and Galgiani's bill may bring a resolution.
The funeral and burial are intended to give closure to the families with the passing of a loved one.
Nobody gives away $10 million lightly, so it's instructive that Valley businessman William Lyles has chosen Fresno State's engineering school to benefit from his generosity.
A very rich lawyer is approached by a local charity.
THUMBS UP: AFFORDABLE, AT LAST
Editor: The wheels are turning for the Merced Irrigation District and all publicly owned utility Greenfield customers.
Editor: It was just about two years ago on Oct. 12, 2006, that Riverside Motorsports Park released the final environmental impact report for their project north of Castle Airport after five years of hype and propaganda.
Undercrossing on G and 23rd streets could create more traffic problems once it's finished.
The traffic mess two weeks ago caused by a stopped freight train is only the latest incident in Merced's long history of frustrations with the railroad.
