Independence News

Weary firefighters aren't getting any Independence Weekend reprieve from a pair of out-of-control wildfires that are still roaring along California's Central Coast, chewing through opposite ends of an arid ...

A desire for greater independence is stirring among the owners of Whittier Boulevard's panaderias and auto shops much as it did among gentleman tobacco farmers and tradesmen in bustling seaports of Colonial ...

Today we celebrate our 232nd birthday as an independent nation. On July 4, 1776 our founding fathers in the Continental Congress signed the Declaration of Independence.

It is no coincidence that Palo Alto resident Dick Alexander's home, cell, office and fax numbers all end with the digits "1776." The personal injury attorney's fondness for the Revolutionary War is reflected on ...

The glorious Republic of Rough and Ready lasted just three months in 1850, born out of frustration over a mining tax and abandoned - legend has it - after bartenders in neighboring towns started refusing to ...

Both sides, Wilderness expansion and access advocates, expressed their views Tuesday afternoon in Independence at a public input session organized by the Inyo County Board of Supervisors.

The more expensive oil gets, the more Katherine Carver's life shrinks. She's given up RV trips.

Capps Disses Effort as - Fred Flintstone Energy Plan' With air conditioners humming on Arctic overdrive, Republican presidential candidate John McCain took to the stage at Santa Barbara's Museum of Natural ...

I don't know where I've been, but I have to admit to nearly choking when I checked the current price of admission to Disneyland, which is located close to where I live in California.

That someone was the Inyo County Board of Supervisors, and the "dirty" task at hand was hearing from two local businesses on who was best suited for the job and in turn deserving of a $10,000 county contract of ...

After only four years with the Rialto Fire Department, Kevin Stapleton is already making a name for himself.

Energy Independence: President Bush asks Congress to lift the 1981 drilling ban on offshore oil.

WITH money for public education in California becoming tight, there is increasing concern that local schools may take a hit to their budgets soon.

A recount was conducted by Inyo election officials on Tuesday at the Inyo County Courthouse, due to the initially-tallied, single-vote outcome in the Fifth District supervisorial race.

The California ballot initiative intended to set aside the state Supreme Court's judicial invention of same-sex marriage deserves public support.

Gay marriage is the law in California - for now - the result of a 4-3 ruling last month by the state's Supreme Court.

MODERN textbooks often shy away from presenting a positive picture of Christianity and Judaism as important influences in molding the United States of America.

Incumbent Brian Lamb and challenger Thomas Hardy were the top two vote-getters for the judgeship on Tuesday and barring any change in results will be entering a runoff in November after soundly defeating fellow ...

NEW BOOK REVIEW. "WAR AGAINST AZERBAIJAN - TARGETING CULTURAL HERITAGE", PART OF THE SERIES "THE TRUE FACTS ABOUT GARABAGH" AZG Armenian Daily 03/06/2008 Armenia-Azerbaijan Published by Heydar Aliyev Foundation ...

Four candidates, including two City Council members, are on Tuesday's ballot seeking to unseat City Attorney Michael Aguirre, whose push to overhaul San Diego's pension system has won him both condemnation and ...