A year's worth of data shows South Bay residents are constantly exposed to low levels of hydrogen sulfide gas from the polluted Tijuana River that could harm their health in the long run.

At the end of yesterday, Sunday, December 7th, I was struck by the fact that I went through the entire day--playing baseball, shopping, seeing neighbors, on the phone with friends, listening to music, scrolling through the Net a bit--that not once did I see or hear a reference to Pearl Harbor Day. This is particularly poignant in San Diego, a County filled with Navy and Marine bases.

“There are a lot of disturbing aspects. But this is one of the most disturbing.”

Life is good when you get to play baseball with fun dudes, solid men, and skilled players while under blue skies and temperatures in the mid-70's. This is especially ideal when you are a Pitcher hurling on a well-groomed mound with just the right percentage of clay. This is pretty close to Baseball Heaven. I helped out my 45+ team, the Nationals, with an inning that qualified me to help in the coming playoffs.

There is a lot going on in my life right now as I hit almost 69.5 times around the sun. Here is hoping to get a few things off my chest, create, seek answers, inspire, provoke, and laugh with and at the universe. I have four kids and they have four kids, all boys, between 5 years and 2 months, so it's a fun time to see my progeny navigate parenthood, while my two younger boys gradually work toward solid relationships and family-building.

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Robert Reich

One person has been killed and 11 others injured, including a child, amid a mass Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv overnight on Nov. 29, local authorities reported.