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Corner Booth: Get a Job
Job Expo 2009 is this week at Shasta College. This should be a big one, considering our whopping unemployment rate; it features employers who are currently hiring. The job fair runs from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Thursday at the Shasta College… Continue Reading
California Home Sales Rise 83 Percent
The number of homes sold in California rose 83 percent last month compared with the same month last year, says the California Association of Realtors. Santa Barbara had the highest median home price in the state, at $897,500 for a… Continue Reading
Corner Booth: Selling Myself
Big fun last night at “Jeans, Jewels & Jazz: The 2nd Inning,” the fund-raising auction for Turtle Bay. Eats and drinks and noise in that big gymnasium at Big League Dreams. Felt like we were at the prom, except the clothes… Continue Reading
Shasta Memory Bank – 3.28.09
Photo Courtesy of the Shasta Historical Society The City Hotel was located at the corner of Tehama and Market streets. It was owned by Henry Clineschmidt from 1885 until it was destroyed by fire in 1893. The hotel chefs in… Continue Reading
Corner Booth: Hold the Drool
I recently ran a Corner Booth item about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin giving an all-but-incomprehensible spontaneous speech about the evil news media. I made the usual Moosehunt Barbie jokes because that’s easy, lazy humor, and I’m nothing if not lazy. I headlined… Continue Reading
Reader’s Cartoon Suggestion
I recently received this comment from Terry Husa (a funny guy) and thought I’d share… Hey Phil, cartoon for ya! picture this– Two “seniors” in bed–he in his pajama tops, and her in her curlers–he says–The “Use buy date is… Continue Reading
CalPERS wants better fees from hedge funds
Senators examining insurance companies’ out-of-network practices
Corner Booth: Go, Tigers?
OK, so I was wrong about the Final Four. I picked Memphis to go all the way, and they fell to Missouri in a game that wasn’t even close. The problem was that I started rooting for Memphis. This is a sure… Continue Reading
