St. George Reef is a collection of exposed rocks and covered ledges lying about eight miles northwest of Crescent City. In 1792, English explorer George Vancouver christened the outcroppings Dragon Rocks. Over time, the reef became known as St. George Reef. It is interesting to note that in historic legend, it is St. George who…

The elderly woman was crossing the street, heading west on Ninth, when an SUV, driving east, turned south on Sutro Street. I couldn’t believe what I saw next: the woman disappeared from the cross walk and reappeared as a rag-doll under the vehicle. The traffic light was still red and I decided to run it,…

The letter started out: “I don’t know if you are the same person I grew up with in Klamath, but…” It arrived at the radio station, KIIQ where I was working part-time on the air. Before opening it up I noticed it was postmarked “Yerington,” which at the time didn’t tell me much. I wasn’t…

As if being separated from my bride wasn’t difficult enough, I was fired from my position as promotions director at KOZZ in Reno as the new-year began. And while I still had a part-time job as on-air staffer, I was finding myself to be more and more emotionally drained from the constant tumult. As it happened,…

For her birthday, our roommate’s daughter gave her a new purse. It arrived boxed-up, via the mail and inside were several small gifts including a wire-form doll of “Jesse,” the cowgirl from the animated film, “Toy Story 3.” The purse also held a matching wallet to go with the purse and a multicolored necklace that was…

While the torture of War on Terror detainees has made national headlines for several weeks, very little has been said about Northern Nevada’s connection. It appears that Nevada Revised Statues have been violated to assist the Central Intelligence Agency in creating a phony company for the purpose of flying detainees from country to country. In…

This is the first of a two-part investigative report I wrote  and which was originally published in the Daily Sparks Tribune. The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit accusing the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and three companies of illegally abducting a Muslim German citizen and subjecting him to torture in a secret prison overseas.…

Why the two women were feeling sad is beyond my recollection. What I do recall is that my response was to try to make them feel better. Since both my then-girlfriend Cathy Andre and her friend and our classmate Cathy Dickey were in a blue-funk, I decided to run up town and buy tickets to…

It was something right out of the Old Testament – Exodus to be exact. And worse yet, the teachers and other staff at Margaret Keating School refused to allow us kids to come back inside, so we had to endure it. Jus’ after school started that day; swarms of flying ants began filling the air.…

“The washer is broke down again,” Mom said over the phone to Dad. He was at Requa Air Force Station.  Earlier that year he had been able to get permission from the Base Commander to use the station’s laundry facilities. A few minutes later Dad called back.  Mom lifted the receiver from its cradled and…