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10 Years After Laura Wilcox Murder, California Still Refuses to Use Law That Saves Lives, Saves Money, and Helps Mentally Ill

DJ Jaffe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Murder, Mental Illness, Mentally Ill, Crime, Laura's Law, Aot, Sacramento, Assisted Outpatient Treatment, Los Angeles, San Francisco, California, Bipolar, San Joaquin Valley, Prisons, Schizophrenia, Police, Laura Wilcox, Marin, Santa Barbara, Kenneth James Ward, Contra Costa, San Diego, San Mateo, Shooting, Los Angeles News
DJ Jaffe

The reason Laura's Law isn't working is that the state legislature passed the law but refused to see it gets used.

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Driving Miss Mado (or Five Days on the Road With My 87-Year-Old Mother)

Andrea R. Vaucher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paso Robles, Harris Ranch, Menlo Park, Elderly Parents, Palo Alto, Apple Farm Inn, Marin, Road Trip, Mill Valley, Bungalow 44, San Francisco, Four Seasons, San Luis Obispo, Sand Hill, Koberl, Rosewood, Madera, Mountainview, Thomas-Hill-Organics, Travel News
Andrea R. Vaucher

Road trips with elderly parents must provide a high comfort quotient, starting with a well-appointed sedan and, if possible, luxury hotels. No matter how tired my mother was, when we checked into a gorgeous place, she beamed from ear to ear.

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Reflections on the Loma Prieta Earthquake, 20 Years Later

Art Agnos | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Loma Prieta Earthquake, Herb Caen, Mission District, First Responders, Natural Disasters, Red Cross, George Deukmejian, Earthquake, Pete Wilson, Fema, Dianne Feinstein, San Francisco Bay Bridge, California, Santa Cruz, George H.W. Bush, Dan Quayle, World Series, Nancy Pelosi, Disaster Preparedness, Disasters, Marin, Candlestick Park, San Francisco, Fbi, Embarcadero, Presidio, Politics News
Art Agnos

When a disaster hits, it is too late to put your best people in charge of planning and preparation. That's not the place for soft political patronage.

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A Voice of Dissent on The Class

Dan Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreign Film, The Academy Awards, French Cinema, The Class, Palm D'Or, Cannes Film Festival, Laurent Cantet, Marin, Entertainment News
Dan Brown

I am glad that The Class is jump-starting conversations about classrooms. I regret, however, that the actions of people as irresponsible as M. Marin and his colleagues, are the jumping-off points.

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