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Back in the early 1970s, just a few years after Pat Brown was

If you watched the funeral of President Ronald Reagan last week,

My eyes are almost always glued on the action when I attend a

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Many families that start 529 college savings plans have done their “homework” about these programs. Missteps may be made, though, often with the distribution of 529 plan assets. Here are some of the major gaffes, and the major factors anyone should think about before enrolling.

The water was hot-tub tepid and stank of sulfur. Dipping my hand

Aaaah, retirement. If television commercials can be believed,

Warm weather and longer days. This is the time everyone gets

Whitney Pintello directs this very clever bit of theater by London playwright Michael Wilmot with a bold hand and broad brush.

Coldest Gilroy Fourth of July in my memory. Geez, it felt like early November with the wind whistling over the west mountains with chilly gusts rustling the trees. Meanwhile, most of the nation sweltered in 100-degreeish heat and awful humidity. The cool breeze didn’t stop the illegal fireworks dumbkopfs who were out in seemingly greater force than usual. Something unfortunate is going to happen – an apartment building on fire, or a child hit with an errant bottle rocket – and that will be the flashpoint argument for those who want to ban fireworks altogether in Gilroy. And, again, the minority will tyrannize the majority who enjoy the legal fireworks and the show at the high school.