We've arrived once again at another July 4. Another Independence Day, and that means parades, parties, burgers, watermelon, flags, and fireworks. I hope you'll get the opportunity to go somewhere and celebrate the awe and wonder of our great country as we all get together to embrace the freedoms that we in our country still have.

In the meantime, enjoy the fireworks, everyone!

As we prepare to celebrate our national holiday...often gathering with friends and family, I was just considering something my mother said the other night. Has television ruined our social lives? Though my mom watches TV with the best of them, she contends that it has.

She's 83 and was well into her married years before TV was ever invented. She tells the story of window shopping with my father and seeing some contraption through a store window. They both looked...

We update the database constantly. As of July 2, we have more than 6,800 records in our database: Tenant reports from landlords and property managers are updated as required, eviction court records are updated through June 26, and bankruptcy records are current as of June 26. Bankruptcy records now include Chapter 15 bankruptcies in nearby Ontario with cross-border insolvency.

Stellar Sea Lions fight over a spot on a buoy


Singing the blues

A few shots of the hundreds I took while on a whale watching adventure recently.

Humpback Whale


Whale of a Tail


Humpback Calf preforming a "cartwheel"


Nosey little critter...