“Roger that,” the engine operator said as he slipped the gear into drive. The large fire-rescue truck moved forward, slowly building up speed. Reaching over, I flipped on the lights and sounded the siren. I then pulled out the map book and started thumbing through the index for the street name. “You don’t have to bother with that,”…

1997 The wind howled hard An’ carried my father’s voice. I did not want to listen Though I had no other choice. The winter blow comes bitter An’ chills me to my bone. I hear my father’s voice With his unmistakable tone. My horse paws the ground As the wind bites an’ howls. I push…

1997 He’s in the dog house now After drinkin’ too much hooch, He kicked his wife, An’ kissed their pooch.

Our dear, departed leader, Nikita Khrushchev was correct when he said, “America will destroy itself from the inside.” Now that the Supreme Court of The United States (SCOTUS) has spoken saying  what is commonly referred to as “Obama-care,” is constitutional since Congress has the right to impose taxes on citizens, it’s time to see what sort…

With the war overseas still raging, the inevitable happened — Jennifer Griffin received her draft notice. Her grandparents and parents were upset – she, however, was ecstatic. Soon Jen, as she was known to her friends and family, was off to the Marine Corps Training Center at Parris Island.  It would be nearly four months before she’d be allowed…

Described as a beautiful, tall, and slim brunette with dark eyes, the day she died, miners throughout the Comstock cried. The bludgeoning and strangling of 35-year-old prostitute Julia Bulette on January 20, 1867, stunned Virginia City’s residents. Less than six-years earlier, in 1861, Virginia Fire Company No. 1 had led a grand parade through town. The…

Ronald Reagan campaigned for gay rights before he was President — a move considered by many a risk to his future political career. Reagan had been out of the California governor’s office for several years and was preparing to run again for President. In 1978, California State Senator John Briggs pushed a state ballot initiative…

He was perhaps best known a “Sam Drucker” in three separate but simultaneous TV series during the 1960s – ‘Petticoat Junction,’ ‘Green Acres’ and ‘The Beverly Hillbillies.’ Frank Cady passed away at age 96 at his Watsonville, Oregon home, on June 8, 2012. Cady was born in Susanville, California, September 8, 1915. His family once…

The White House will halt the deportation of as many as 800,000 young illegal immigrants and in some cases give them work permits. People under 30 who entered the country illegally or overstayed their visas when they were under the age of 16 will be immune from deportation if they have not committed a significant…

This is a Karok story, I believe, because it mentions the Klamath River and Weitchpec, which is a village that rests along the river’s bank in Humboldt County and home to the ‘Up-Stream’ peoples. Once a family of doves lived with their grandmother in a sheltered cave, and were all very happy. A spring gushed up outside; grasses grew…