by Dennis Beaver | consumer
April 7, 2006 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Costco has become a great weekend hangout for the entire family. Where else can you spend hours walking indoors where it’s nice and warm in winter, or cool in summer, and get to munch on all kinds of free...
by Dennis Beaver | drug use, landlord/tenant, law enforcement
January 6, 2023 • By Dennis Beaver There are two aspects to today’s story – the macro, or “big picture,” and the “small scale” real-world look at how the macro impacts real people. Over the past few years as first the medical use of marijuana and then...
by Dennis Beaver | bad faith claims, conflict of interest, employment, ethics, lawyers, theft
This teenager swiped a booby-trapped package that showered him with glitter, and then he tripped over a sprinkler in his haste to flee and injured his wrist. If you’re wondering why no lawyer will agree to represent him, we can explain … December 8, 2025 • By...
by Dennis Beaver | family law, tattoos
June 14, 2018 • By Dennis Beaver “Your recent article on parents and high school kids playing football caught my attention,” ‘Elliot’ stated in what would prove to be a highly emotional phone call. “While it’s not football, there is a similar struggle going on...
by Dennis Beaver | homeowner's insurance, negligence
June 1, 2018 • By Dennis Beaver “Mr. Beaver, we live in rural Kings County and have been reading your column from the first day it appeared in the Hanford Sentinel, wondering if ever there would come a time when we would need your advice. “Well, now is that time, and...
by Dennis Beaver | consumer, restaurant, return policy
May 19, 2017 • By Dennis Beaver What are your rights – and what should you do – when a restaurant’s description of a certain dish leaves out important information, or, what they bring to your table in no way comes close to what most people expect? While visiting San...
by Dennis Beaver | family law, marriage, parenting
June 12, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver If a divorced parent overfeeds a child or allows him/her to eat whatever, whenever, resulting in childhood obesity and health issues, could this become the basis of losing custody? That was the issue facing “Katy” and her 10 year old...
by Dennis Beaver | consumer, contracts, fraud
November 9, 2018 • By Dennis Beaver If you are moving across town or to another state, today’s story will help to prevent becoming the victim of “Mover Fraud.” Never heard of “Mover Fraud?” Neither had readers Megan and Zack who spent one recent Friday, “In what...
by Dennis Beaver | education, parenting, technology
May 31, 2019 • By Dennis Beaver YouTube is an amazing source of information. Just open their main web page, type in what you’re looking for, and in an instant, there it is. But YouTube also overflows with videos so shocking that they put the “G” in Gross as parents of...
by Dennis Beaver | business, employment, false advertising
August 19, 2022 • By Dennis Beaver The telephonic “SOS” was at 10 a.m. from “crew members” at “Captain Looney’s Seafood Restaurant,” a small chain of fast-casual restaurants specializing in sustainable seafood. On a speaker phone were the lovely voices of two servers,...
