Faced with a pitchfork rebellion in the San Joaquin Valley, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar last month appointed a "water czar" to deliver extra water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to farmers in certain districts south of the delta.
What do low-wage families do when they are hit with unexpected expenses, such as car trouble? Many already are struggling to pay for housing, food, utilities and other essentials.
Nearing its fifth birthday, California's stem cell research institute is now an established state agency and a major force in biomedical science.
In the depths of the worst recession since World War II, California may be giving birth to a new export industry.
A new poll of 20 nations, with 62 percent of the world's population, finds that, among global leaders, President Obama inspires the most confidence - while the leaders of Russia and Iran inspire the least.
Does it make any sense, what Sarah Palin has done?
Editor: I don't know if anything can be done with informing the newspaper that banks are still playing the games that I thought President Obama was fixing. After all the hoopla was over, I received my June statement from Bank of America, and was informed my credit limit was lowered due to late payments, which is false.
Editor: I am writing to ask that Judy La Salle's column be reinstated in the Sun-Star.
Editor: Former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara realized later in life that high-tech hardware couldn't win a battle of hearts and minds in Vietnam.
Editor: Much has been discussed about bringing a Wal-Mart distribution center to Merced.
Editor: Rep. Dennis Cardoza, please address, us, your constituents, on the ramifications of the cap and trade bill that you voted for.
Editor: Water allocations in the Valley are being cut and many areas are suffering from shortages.
Editor: My wife and I just returned from a 9,270-mile car trip. We visited family and friends in 12 states, while crossing several others.
Editor: Beth Hernandez' letter in Wednesday's Sun-Star was very well written, and she made some valid points.
On this Independence Day, say howdy to some American soldiers who believe in their mission of putting their lives on the line for you in Iraq so you can keep that freedom.
Some years ago I read a blog that began in this way: "I was told in Sunday school the word 'Christian' means to be Christ-like, but the message I hear daily on the airwaves from the Christian media are words of war, violence, and aggression. Throughout this article I will spell Christian with a small c rather than a capital, since the term (as I usually hear it thrown about) does not refer to the teachings of the one I know as the Christ."
WASHINGTON -- The death of Robert McNamara at 93 was less a faint reverberation of a receding era than a reminder that mentalities are the defining attributes of eras, and certain American mentalities recur with, it sometimes seems, metronomic regularity.
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