Dianne Hardisty
Dianne Hardisty: Victim is no longer the criminal
It has been more than three decades, but from time to time I still think about the woman whose tragic, violent life tumbled from the pages of a police report.
Dianne Hardisty: Age may make a difference in race
Ya gotta give Republican presidential candidate John McCain's campaign points for spin. While late night comics are ridiculing the guy for his age, McCain's campaign is turning it into a money-maker.
Dianne Hardistry: Dog of a candidate has real voter appeal
Kathy Eddy checked in with an e-mail from Fairhope, Ala., a few days ago. Kathy used to be Kern County's public affairs officer. Before that, she worked at the airport and before that she was on former 2nd District Supervisor Ben Austin's staff.
Dianne Hardisty: Hot-button ballot will turn out voters
My phone rang at work the day before Kern County supervisors were scheduled to consider placing a countywide 1-cent sales tax measure on the Nov. 4 ballot.
Dianne Hardisty: Dodging cars along scary Fairfax detour
When your route to work is interrupted by a major highway project, you can get downright desperate.
Dianne Hardisty: Times' cold shoulder causes handwringing
If you think the New York Times' decision not to publish an opinion article written by Republican presidential candidate John McCain caused a political firestorm, it pales in comparison to the handwringing it caused among the nation's opinion editors.
Dianne Hardisty: 'We the people' aren't always right
We the people aren't always "right." And it ticks us off big time when we are told that.
Dianne Hardisty: There's more pain at pump than you think
Once upon a time, filling your car up at the gas station was not unpleasant. It wasn't "pleasant." After all, who wants to buy gasoline? But it wasn't that bad, either.
Dianne Hardisty: By God, if Dems fail, it won't be her fault
On a warm summer evening in 2004, three men huddled over a table on the patio of a trendy Sacramento restaurant.
Dianne Hardisty: Searching for HRH Princess Plantagenet
This is a story filled with mystery and fantasy, likely presenting more questions than answers. But that is how Her Royal Highness Princess Katherine A. Plantagenet would want it to be.
Dianne Hardisty: I confess! It turns out I'm a 'water hog'
In Fresno County, a farmer has started plowing under the cantaloupes he recently planted. Agriculture officials estimate 41,000 acres have not been planted.
Rats in hell among items in e-mail bag
So many issues plopped into my lap via the Internet this week that I decided to pick a few for an "e-mail bag" column.
Gilmore in crosshairs of Florez, Democrats
A guy who two years ago vowed never to run again in fact, he dumped $8,000 worth of campaign signs into a landfill now finds himself at the epicenter of a political earthquake.
Learning about life,
by facing your death
Columnists are like vultures. They circle the roadkill (stories) left on the side of life's road, praying enough meat was left on the bones for another good chew.
Were river warning signs just too scary?
Malcolm Dougherty is a man caught in the middle. The district director for the state Department of Transportation has his boss, California's governor, and a state senator on one side. Kern River Valley merchants, an assemblywoman and a Kern County supervisor are on the other.
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