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• A $60 torso

  For sale: half of a fake person. Seller: a fake store, a liquidator selling its spoils and that of bankrupt West Coast regional department store chain and onetime Fresno icon Gottschalks. Browsing at mannequins, shelves and oddball clothing that could Read More... Posted Monday, June 15, 2009 9:21 AM by jtaylor | 0 Comments Filed under: Clovis, health care reform, California state budget, Gottschalks, Ghostbusters, "Up", Disney

• Like "Lost"? Luv California

  Never seen the TV series, "Lost." But understand it's had a complicated plot line over four seasons in which time travel has now been written in tales of the desert-island survivors of a jetliner crash. Must make for one heckuva flow chart to keep track Read More... Posted Monday, January 26, 2009 11:15 AM by jtaylor | 0 Comments Filed under: Orange County Register, Los Angeles Times, Sacramento Bee, California state budget, "Lost"

• Your turn: What readers say

  In response to a recent blog on the "information gap" caused by the Fresno Bee's decision to close the Clovis Independent: Grace del Real wrote: "In this day of online news reporting, it would be wiser to have an online version of the Clovis Independent. Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 09, 2008 7:30 AM by jtaylor | 0 Comments Filed under: California state budget, Clovis Independent, Fresno State journalism program, CART

• $3 million-a-week hamburger

  Old-time cartoon character: J. Wellington Wimpy aka "Wimpy." First introduced: 1934. Favorite saying: "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today." New caricature: California state budget. Deadline missed: July 1 (as nearly always). Favorite saying, Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 22, 2008 1:33 PM by jtaylor | 0 Comments Filed under: Community Medical Centers, Wimpy, California state budget