World’s Richest Cop: Back when I was a kid growing up in Chicago, the town harbored “the richest cop in the world.” Daniel “Tubbo” Gilbert was a brutal thug, dirty police captain, corrupt union boss, crooked district attorney’s investigator, Mafia henchman, and political fixer. And reputedly worth millions.
A Spy Among Us: Did I ever tell you about the time I almost became part of our nation’s intelligence network? Perhaps by now I’d be head of the whole CIA, delivering the daily Intelligence Assessment Report to President Bush, who would of course ask my opinion about it, then ignore the report and whatever I thought. Or, on the other hand, I might have turned out to be a lowly file clerk, shuffled to a corner desk in some dark, crummy basement room.
The Milpas Station Post Office will close Saturday, November 17 and services will reopen on Monday, November 19 at the nearby East Beach Station.
There’s been no announcement, but the Milpas Street post office will close next month after nearly a half-century of duty.
Who knows where the time goes: Where the heck did the last 50 years go? I’m marking a half-century in the newspaper racket and wondering how a life of thousands of deadlines went by so fast. On the other hand, I have no idea how else I would have spent my life. What else was I equipped for? Maybe teaching, certainly an honorable, equally low-paying profession.
Annie Bardach speaks her mind, Angelina Jolie confirmed as 2008 Santa Barbara Film Fest honoree
The facility will become one of only three in the world to exhibit the endangered California Condor.
Santa Cruz Island’s Foxes Freed: Triumph or Tragedy? After 36,000 feral sheep and about 5,000 pigs were killed on Santa Cruz Island-and $18 million spent-the rare and endangered Channel Island foxes are making a comeback from near-extinction and the island’s ecosystem is regenerating from crisis.
Barney travels to Santa Cruz Island and watches the release of the last ten captive-bred pups.
Barney discusses the pros and cons of legalizing marijuana as a way of funding a national healthcare plan.
