You probably know by now that I am a huge fan of the Sacramento Monarchs WNBA team. The Monarchs are not having a great year this season. A bright spot for the Monarchs was the performance of forward Nichole Powell in the WNBA All Star game, July 25 which was carried live on ABC Television. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'best of California'
Nichole Powell Delivers at WNBA All Star Game
July 30th, 2009 · No Comments · best of California
Tags:Monarchs
Book of The Week
April 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment · US Senate, best of California, books nonfiction
This week’s Book of the Week is “Justice For All: Earl Warren and The Nation He Made”. The author is Jim Newton. This book was featured on Book TV on C-Span2 on Saturday, April 25, 2009. Ask anyone what are the three most lasting achievements of the Eisenhower Administration. The Interstate Highway System is one, [...]
Tags:book of the week·books nonfiction·BookTV·supreme court·US Senate
Hunter Hancock Apr 21, 1916 – Aug 4, 2004
March 1st, 2009 · No Comments · best of California, van nuys high
A legendary R&B disk jockey who played rythm and blues before rock and roll came along. At one time this was called ‘race music’. Hunter had a wide following among the students at Van Nuys High. The white kids at VNHS would race out to their cars the minute school was out so they could [...]
Best of California – Take 1
March 1st, 2009 · No Comments · best of California
I had an awful time deciding what to add first in our continuing best of California series. The Monterey Jazz Festival qualifies. Yosemite National Park, Lake Tahoe, Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Griffith Park Zoo in L. A. and then there is Death Valley as well as Bass Lake (made famous by Hunter S. [...]
Tags:best of California