Charles William Hersel Charles William Hersel. Arrested by Thousand Oaks Police: THOUSAND OAKS POLICE DEPARTMENT MEDIA RELEASE BOB BROOKS, Sheriff www.VCSD.org Jeff Matson, Chief of Police Nature of Incident: Sting operation nets local resident who paid teens to spit on him Location: Westlake Promenade ...

This is not an Onion story. Studham Technologies Limited has spent a decade developing a device that electrocutes a lobster so that it feels no "pain or distress." I'd be more impressed if they had invented a device that can accurately gauge whether a crustacean is experiencing "pain or distress," but ...

Kevin Francisco Avila Kevin Francisco Avila Elijah Monsoor Edney Elijah Monsoor Edney CITY OF DESERT HOT SPRINGS POLICE DEPARTMENT PRESS RELEASE INCIDENT: Home Invasion Robbery Investigation Leads to Two Arrests SUSPECTS: 1) Elijah Monsoor Edney, Male, Hispanic, 10-23-91, 5-10, 170 lbs, Hazel eyes, ...

The Wachovia Wells Fargo Foundation announced it would donate $25,000 to Habitat For Humanity of the Coachella Valley, so a little ceremony was arranged at one of Habitat's houses that's almost complete on 4th Street in Desert Hot Springs. "HFHCV is grateful for this very generous contribution from ...

And I don't mean a gay marriage ban. The 2005 Texas constitutional amendment that was intended to ban gay marriage and domestic partnerships actually banned ALL marriages. That's the opinion of Barbara Ann Radnofsky who is a Democrat running for Texas attorney general. Here's the complete text of the ...

They came from China labeled as Christmas ornaments, but they turned out to be bongs. Turns out that's illegal. On a related note, here's what the Desert Hot Springs Christmas tree looked like this morning: Christmas Tree 2009 (4853)

"To help kick off Geography Awareness Week, National Geographic invited all 100 U.S. Senators to draw a map of their home state from memory and to label at least three important places." Here is the drawing of Missouri by Senator McCaskill who, despite claiming some familiarity with western Missouri, ...

A surprisingly complete and coherent TV news video describes the attack. Text article from KHOU-TV. An openly gay student at Langham Creek High School in Harris County, Texas, was threatened by students who said they were going to beat him for being gay. The student went to two assistant principals ...

The California Citizens Compensation Commission is in charge of annually setting the salaries of state officers and legislators. On May 20, 2009, the commission voted to CUT salaries by 18%. On June 30 they voted to also cut benefits by 18%. Well, Heavens to Murgatroyd, you can't do that! So some legislators ...

It's been a while since I last searched for sites named "Ron's Blog" (the one you are reading now is "Ron's Log"), and they have mushroomed. Here is a guide to sites that are not Ron's Log, but "Ron's Blog," in no particular order, but numbered for reference purposes:Suggests it may have something to ...