How Swede it is

April 19, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver “I am a senior at UCLA and my boyfriend (Hans) is a Swedish graduate student who I love and want to marry. Last summer, we visited his hometown — Stockholm — and I just fell in love with Sweden. It is...

How the pet groomer almost killed Sylvia’s dog

November 03, 2012(Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Last week we began our look at pet oral hygiene clinics, typically held at grooming facilities by people who, according to The California Veterinarian Medical Board and California Department of Consumer...

How to fail as a parent

December 10, 2011 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver   In our last two columns, we focused on the role of the school resource officer in junior high and high schools. To briefly review, an SRO is a law enforcement officer assigned to a school campus in a...

How to fail in your own business

March 22, 2014   •  By Dennis Beaver Note: This is the second installment of Dennis Beaver’s  March 8 column. “Your readers, Dennis, who want this to be the year they go into business for themselves, must have a very good answer to this question: If I fail, what...