by Dennis Beaver | consumer, technology
September 03, 2011 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver “I was pulled over on California State Route 33 in the Central Valley by a traffic officer using radar,” a Hanford reader’s email began. “While the posted speed limit there was 65,...
by Dennis Beaver | consumer, investment
January 01, 2011 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver When Pirelli of North America closed its Hanford tire plant in 2001, hundreds of employees lost their jobs. Months later, one of the former employees – who I will just call Bob – received a call...
by Dennis Beaver | contracts
April 12, 2010 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Today we’re wrapping up our look at the world of contractors. We’ve examined “surety bonds,” which assure little beyond disappointment and headaches, as well as shown how to check out a...
by Dennis Beaver | animal control, pets, technology
March 19, 2010 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver The following e-mail was sent from a couple who recently moved from Kingsburg to San Francisco. “We are going insane because of our next door neighbor’s four dogs. From the moment they let them out...
by Dennis Beaver | consumer, technology
July 20, 2013 • By Dennis Beaver It is pretty much common sense — and the law — that we must have working smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in our homes, condos and apartments, which provide lifesaving warning time to get out. But things get far more serious when...
