Tuesday marks the end of my tenure as editor of The Porterville Recorder....
Well, isnĀ’t new technology grand?A year ago we here at The Porterville Recorder were just getting use to this internet thing.We put videos up when we could and we began a radio relationship with K-TIP 1450 radio.Now as the 2007 prep football...
Soupy Sales died on Oct. 22 — he was 83 — and I wondered if anybody noticed....
As a reporter, I like to consider myself rather liberal when it comes to the matter of free speech.After reading a recent letter to the editor published on The Recorder's Opinion page, I wondered where the line is drawn, separating individual...
Barry Lamar Bonds, 756.Hooray?Yes, heĀ’s done it. HeĀ’s the new home run king of all time, breaking Hank AaronĀ’s 33-year-old record.IĀ’m proud to say that I was an infinitesimal part of history. I was there at Petco Park on...
Vel was the husband young wives dream about, to me and to our children. He was father and husband in every sense of the word. He would bring me a bouquet of wild flowers, present them in a most chivalrous way, with a kiss and all the courtliness of...
For most of us, Labor Day is one of those innocuous holidays when we’re happy to have a three-day weekend, but we don’t really know what it is we’re celebrating.We think, “Yeah, I labor — all year. I really deserve...