Now You Can Blog from Everywhere!
We’ve made it quick and convenient for you to manage your blog from anywhere. In this blog post we’ll share the ways you can post to your...
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ronrussellwriter
- Mar 21, 2020
- 1 min
Design a Stunning Blog
When it comes to design, the Wix blog has everything you need to create beautiful posts that will grab your reader's attention. Check out...
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ronrussellwriter
- Mar 21, 2020
- 1 min
Grow Your Blog Community
With Wix Blog, you’re not only sharing your voice with the world, you can also grow an active online community. That’s why the Wix blog...
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ronrussellwriter
- Mar 4, 2015
- 2 min
Sierra snowpack at historic low
That storm that dumped four or five inches of snow in the Sierras over the weekend was nice, but did next to nothing to move the drought...
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ronrussellwriter
- Mar 1, 2015
- 1 min
Why has fishing fallen from favor in California?
California's fishing participation rate, once 15 to 20 percent, is now just 5 percent, the nation's lowest. And that's reflected in the...
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ronrussellwriter
- Feb 28, 2015
- 2 min
Feds tell Central Valley farmers not to expect aquaduct water--again
A grim, if not unexpected reminder of California's drought now settling into its fourth year: the federal Central Valley Project has...
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ronrussellwriter
- Feb 27, 2015
- 1 min
Field Poll: Voters want roads fixed, but don't want to pay
Although 71 percent of California's registered voters say they want the state to spend more to fix roads, only 49 percent favor adding 10...
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ronrussellwriter
- Feb 27, 2015
- 2 min
Illegal waste pits galore in Central Valley as state looks the other way
In Kern County, where oil companies cough up roughly 9 barrels of polluted water for every barrel of oil they produce by fracking, state...
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ronrussellwriter
- Jun 11, 2014
- 1 min
It's a rap for San Jose Rep
As of this afternoon San Jose Repertory Theatre's website is still hawking tickets despite the announcement earlier today that the...
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ronrussellwriter
- Jun 10, 2014
- 1 min
Mayors behaving badly? Oakland's Jean Quan and San Marino's Dennis Kneier
Quick, which mayor has the biggest PR headache: Oakland's Jean Quan or San Marino's Dennis Kneier? After KRON-TV captured video of Quan...
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ronrussellwriter
- Jun 6, 2014
- 2 min
Stupid voter head scratcher: Leland Yee's third-place finish for Secretary of State
They're still counting ballots from Tuesday but it's clear that disgraced state Senator Leland Yee will finish third in the race for...
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ronrussellwriter
- Jun 3, 2014
- 1 min
Oh my--furloughs, layoffs and a big retreat at Aaron Kushner's Orange County Register
Sounds like Freedom Communications publisher Aaron Kushner's big ambitions at the Orange County Register have hit the wall. Two-week...
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ronrussellwriter
- Jun 2, 2014
- 1 min
Psst! The New York Times says Palm Springs is hip again
Palm Springs is like a Persian rug dealer going out of business. It's never going out of business. And when the place gets a little...
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ronrussellwriter
- May 30, 2014
- 2 min
The future of water? That giant desalination project at Carlsbad
Timely update by Paul Rogers in the Mercury News on the largest ocean desalination plant in the Western Hemisphere being built at...
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ronrussellwriter
- May 29, 2014
- 2 min
For fans of the late Huell Howser, Chapman University exhibit is pure gold
Before going down to Chapman University in the city of Orange to see the new permanent exhibit devoted to the work of the late Huell...
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ronrussellwriter
- May 21, 2014
- 2 min
Video: How to steal from Neiman Marcus, starring state Senate candidate Mary Hayashi
There's newly-released video and stills of former Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi's shoplifting spree at San Francsco's Neiman Marcus store on...
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ronrussellwriter
- May 20, 2014
- 1 min
Pleasant Hill's tweeting city clerk quits, saying only a 'schmuck' would want the job
Keeping minutes of city council meetings just wasn't Kimberly Lehmkuhl's thing. The Twitter-loving city clerk, under fire for not...
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ronrussellwriter
- May 16, 2014
- 1 min
Spurned at the Presidio, George Lucas gets fresh San Francisco love for his museum
After being told no to putting his cultural arts museum in a coveted spot at the Presidio even as he threatened to turn to Chicago if he...
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ronrussellwriter
- May 16, 2014
- 1 min
Jack Nicholson courtside--at Clippers game
More proof that in sports nothing attracts like a winner. Witness inveterate Lakers fan Jack Nicholson courtside at last night's Clippers...
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ronrussellwriter
- May 14, 2014
- 1 min
Yurok tribe reaches out to protect a bird it holds dear: the California condor
More potentially good news for the California condor. An agreement between the Yurok tribe and the National Park Service and other...
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