Obey this California law and save your life

January 21, 2012 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver A new law recently went into effect in California where a staggering 90 percent of people reading this article are not in compliance and could be fined up to $200. But the fine would be insignificant in terms...

Observations on traffic court

May 17, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver In today’s column, I want to share with you some of the experiences I’ve had when sitting as a pro tem judge in traffic court, here in Kern County over the past several years. If you’ve been...

One for the road = murder

July 27, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver “During a week’s business trip in Southern California, I was reading the local newspaper. There was an article about a woman — driving drunk — who killed a pedestrian only two months after she...