Sara Cole, 44 year old mother of four, was nearly killed by a drunk driver who fled the scene but was arrested shortly thereafter.  She may yet lose her leg.  The San Jose Mercury News reports, but doesn’t mention until nearly the end of the article that the driver, Lucio Rodriguez, is an illegal alien, [...]

Luciano Pavarotti passed away yesterday, after a battle with pancreatic cancer.  I was privileged to see Pavarotti perform many times at the San Francisco Opera, both before, during and after my tenure as opera reviewer for my college newspaper.  The most memorable performance I ever saw was probably not one that he was best known [...]