LOCAL HEADLINES Altruism: Tulare man rescues neighbor from house fire Holiday spirit: T-giving food drive slated for San Joaquin Memorial High Hero: Navy vet Terry Halbardier honored in Visalia ceremony Don't know much about water regs: NY Times covers water crisis without mentioning the cause Eureka!: Reporter discovers Valley water crisis Just do it: Kaiser to offer free flu shots in Fresno Great cause: Cops to shave their heads for charity on Saturday Understandable: Fresno looks to ban pot smoking at city facilities As they should: Groundwater bills stirring concerns Your package has arrived: Amazon begins Sunday deliveries in Central Valley Good cause: Public-private affordable housing units open in Tulare Hopeful: Bulldogs eye threepeat Need for speed: Local drag racers inducted into Hall of Fame Benefits of trade: 2013 a record year for Tulare County agriculture Good cause: Reedley College gets largest donation in its history Great event: Central Valley Honor Flight visits DC Good news: Bitwise expands in Fresno
INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES Sick: Russian website hacks baby monitors Building a terror state: ISIS reportedly minting currency Power play: Putin sends Russian troops into Ukraine Joys of socialism: Argentina raids banks as economy sinks Making Al Gore smile: Obama, China reach global warming agreement Terror up north: Terrorist assaults Canadian Parliament Projection: Putin accuses USA of warmongering Self-inflicted problem: Amid shortages, Venezuela battles smuggling Mystery: Was a Russian sub lurking near Sweden? Ghosts of Communist past: Khmer Rogue genocide trial opens Courage: Hong Kong democracy activists continue protests Holy war: Rival Muslim groups clash in German streets Crackdown: Belarus jails Ukrainian soccer fans for anti-Putin chant Gibberish: Obama admin says airstrikes against ISIS not meant to stop ISIS More weirdness in North Korea: Where is Kim Jong Un?
CALIFORNIA HEADLINES Need for speed: Pension reform slow despite court rulings Gun rights: Court backs expansion of concealed carry Higher education?: UCLA pays tribute to former Communist Party president Again: Enviros sue to stop energy expansion Latest victim: Water emergency hits San Gabriel Valley The pain spreads: LA to cut fresh water use 20 percent Victory for the boondoggle: High-speed rail gets courtroom win All in the family: CA Senate suppresses nepotism report Costs of ObamaCare: LA restaurants adopting healthcare surcharge Strangling innovation: CA cities threaten new taxi services This number will grow: 14 communities now face waterlessness The taxman cometh: LA to send tax warnings to people renting out rooms As it should be: Teacher tenure becomes major issue Thirst: Amid water crisis, Californians turn to bottled water Guess which one: Top 10 cities with water crises are all in same state You just can't win: Couple obeys water regs, gets fined for brown lawn Grim milestone: Groundwater level in CA basin hits historic low
IN DEPTH Fair question: Did Israel avert a Hamas massacre? Not sure how "new" it is: Putin's new anti-Americanism Lawmakers gone wild: CA legislature needs some work Big labor strikes again: Union power spawns Baltimore prison guard corruption scandal Gov't wages war on poverty, poverty wins: Paul Ryan explains how to fix poverty programs Good question: Why did monarchies survive the Arab Spring Victory or death: Tactics and strategy of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Temple of government: DC expands at America's expense Plutocracy: America's tech lords Renewed rivalry: Mysterious Syria image illustrates Shi'ite-Sunni struggle Growing threat: Hezbollah in the Western Hemisphere Proven time and again: The benefits of free trade Oil and gas: The past and the future of energy Someone tell Al Gore: How fossil fuels saved humanity
NATIONAL HEADLINES "Mistake": Dental plans counted to meet ObamaCare enrollment goal We already knew that: ObamaCare architect admits deception used to advance ObamaCare Tax reform needed: Mistakes processing fuel tax credit have cost taxpayers $168 mln Again: House approves Keystone, awaits Senate approval Be afraid, very afraid: Obama prepares tsunami of global warming regs American warrior: Panama, Somalia, Baghdad vet passes away Setting the bar low: White House celebrates half-trillion-dollar deficit Move over, Dr. Seuss: Children's book teaches joys of communism No bargain: Study reveals astronomical costs for proposed EPA regs The more things change . . . : Lawsuit alleges ACORN spin-off groups illegally recruited union members Pressing concern: Pentagon unveils global warming strategy A coincidence, I'm sure: New ObamaCare rates to be disclosed after Nov 4 Something to hide?: EPA destroyed sought-after text messages Another cover-up?: White House allegedly hushed up link to secret service prostitution scandal
COLUMNISTS George Will Michael Barone Victor Davis Hanson Stephen F. Hayes Jonah Goldberg Joel Kotkin