by Dennis Beaver | air conditioning, consumer
August 11, 2012 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver In August of 2008, Christina Couture of Hanford spent close to $9,000 for two energy-efficient Tappan air conditioner units. Less than four years later, both failed because the refrigerant leaked out of the...
by Dennis Beaver | air conditioning, consumer
August 04, 2012 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver About to replace your home or office air conditioner? Well, don’t be in any hurry, or you could wind up throwing thousands of dollars down the drain, another victim of a multi-billion dollar industry fraud on...
by Dennis Beaver | law enforcement
July 28, 2012 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Ask Lt. Patrick Crowe, training officer of the Hanford Police Department, to describe one of the most powerful tools available to his officers in a crisis situation. His answer might surprise you. “It’s...
by Dennis Beaver | law enforcement
July 21, 2012 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Sergeant David Lostaunau of the Kern County Sheriff’s Office can easily describe how the use of any weapon — from a .22 pistol to a .50 caliber machine gun — will bring a quick resolution to many issues facing...
by Dennis Beaver | ethics, false advertising, lawyers
July 14, 2012 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver “For years I’ve seen hundreds of commercials on TV for personal injury law firms, featuring some pretty mean- looking attorneys,” Penny’s email began. “The impression they made on me was that, as a group, these...
by Dennis Beaver | auto insurance, lawyers
July 07, 2012 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver If you’ve been injured in an auto accident, it is important to speak with an experienced attorney who handles these types of cases to learn your rights and obligations. But in the days immediately following the...
by Dennis Beaver | dui - drunk driving, lawyers
June 30, 2012 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Today’s story will be great news if you are personally facing or know someone dealing with a charge of DUI, or anyone who had a conviction in the past, never got the message and keeps on driving drunk. The...
by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees, contracts, lawyers
June 23, 2012 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver It is impossible to turn on TV, open the phone book to the attorneys section or surf the Web and not find ads for personal injury lawyers, which generally all sound pretty much the same and stress, “No recovery,...
by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees, lawyers
June 16, 2012 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Look in the attorneys section of most any Yellow Pages — or the Internet — and you’ll find full-page ads for lawyers who specialize in personal injury cases, describing millions of dollars “won” for clients and...
by Dennis Beaver | retirement
June 09, 2012 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver You are close to retirement and discover that your employer lost almost one-third of the money in the office retirement account. In a conference, he admits to having become greedy, but thought of himself at that...
