Jim Winburn

LATEST ARTICLES ( 367 )

• Detective Sets Record Straight on Adult Toy Store Burglary

  

  PALMDALE – Lt. Cory Kennedy of the Palmdale Sheriff’s Detective Bureau contacted the Bee to set the record straight on a recent burglary case his department... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• GOP Pushes Calif. Drought Bill Dems Call Irresponsible

  

  WASHINGTON – California congressional Republicans escalated the anti-drought pressure Wednesday, introducing an ambitious California water bill that includes... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Saving Mom-and-pop Solar

  

  SAN FRANCISCO – The solar installation business used to belong to mom pops.If you wanted to slap panels on your roof, you hunted around for a local installer. Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Kern Co. Plan Offers Specifics of Water Situation

  

  RIDGECREST – The Kern County Planning Department has released the Resource Opportunity Plan, a one-stop shop for all the information and study results ever... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Press – Covered Ca. Now Offers Rating System for Health Plans

  

  California consumers can now get performance ratings on the vast majority of health insurance plans offered through Covered California. Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Repost – Will Hesperia Stop Crony Capitalism Or Work with Nonprofit CYAP?

  

  The Hesperia City Council on Tuesday, 1-21-2014, delayed a vote until next month in reference to the funding of a possible project to the tune of $36,000 and... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• MSNBC Host Chats up Koch Bro’s in Coachella Valley

  

  Toward the end of her show on Monday, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow started to talk about Palm Springs’ warm, spring-like weather. She quickly transitioned to the... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• LA Mayor Pushed to Fulfill Solar Promise

  

  LOS ANGELES – Last year, Eric Garcetti sold himself to Los Angeles voters as a solar champion. Now he has the chance to prove it – and LA solar activists are... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Repost – Changes to Reverse-mortgage Rule Attract More Lenders to Business

  

  Columbia Business School professor Christopher Mayer is so sure reverse mortgages can be a cornerstone of responsible retirement planning that he’s gone into th... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Metro Board Sets Hearing Date for Increased Fares

  

  LOS ANGELES – A strange medicine man passing through the California desert once said, “Buy the ticket, take the ride … and if it occasionally gets a little... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Solar Portion of Fremont Valley Project Draws Concerns

  

  JAWBONE STATION – During Tuesday’s public outreach at Jawbone Station over a proposed project in the Fremont Valley, water concerns dominated the discussion... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Repost – AquaHelio Public Meeting Draws Water Banking Foes

  

  JAWBONE STATION – A very large, impassioned and concerned crowd filled Jawbone Station’s conference room during a three-hour townhall-style hearing on Wednesday. Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Drought Could Cascade Through State Infrastructure

  

  SACRAMENTO – California’s drought disaster is real, and could cascade through several levels of the state’s infrastructure. Here’s what could happen:1. Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Central Basin Water Director Vasquez is Party to $2.7M Lawsuit Against Own...

  

  COMMERCE – Hews Media Group-Community News has obtained documents that indicate Central Basin Municipal Water District Director Leticia Vasquez is a party to a... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Notice – General Plan Hearing Set for Unincorporated Areas of LA

  

  The Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning recently issued the following announcement for the county’s unincorporated areas: NOTICE OF PUBLIC... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Palmdale Adult Toy Store Employee Helps Track Down Robber

  

  A couple dressed in black robs the Naughty By Night adult toy shop in a previous robbery in November 2011However, one of the shop’s employees was determined... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Press – Cook Talks About Recent Online Town Hall Event

  

  In his newsletter this week, Congressman Paul Cook, R-Yucca Valley, commented on his recent Twitter Town Hall event, while also announcing his cosponsorship of ... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Troubled with 4K-acre Solar Project Near Mojave Preserve

  

  JOSHUA TREE – The community of Joshua Tree has been attracting a strange circle of investors as of late. And these are not the sort of investors to pump... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Letter – Littlerock Town Council Responds to LA Co.’s Denial of MAC Request

  

  The Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration in Downtown Los Angeles is the subject of this satiric illustration by the Civic BeeMunicipal Advisory Council* * *9... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Brown Suspends Environmental Law in Drought Declaration

  

  SAN FRANCISCO – The state’s foremost environmental law no longer protects wildlife or the environment from the effects of the state’s response to the drought,... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY