A recession is a time to hunker down, work harder than ever and avoid extra expenses…oh like say maternity clothes and diapers.  Or is it…? As I reported on Marketplace yesterday, some women are waiting out this economic downturn by getting pregnant.

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A billboard for the California Milk Advisory Board. I'm the one crawling.

I wouldn’t have picked my first career.  But it started before I was old enough to pick much of anything.  At that time I wasn’t in control of what I wore or ate or even where I went to the bathroom.  I was a child star.  Well, calling me a star might be a bit of a stretch but I was a model and an actress.  Read More

Any day now, the state’s water supply from the Sacramento San Joaquin Delta could be cut drastically. This time of year the powerful pumps in the delta should be sending millions of gallons of water to cities and farms to the south and the west. But a recent ruling from a federal judge to protect [...]

On The California Report weekend magazine show this week, you can hear a story I put together about learning how to make latkes (potato pancakes) from my mother-in-law Andrea and sister-in-law Shannon.

The latest photo I have of the family - we don’t normally dress like this. Robert, Andrea, Tamara, Ira and Shannon.

It’s a funny [...]