Author: John Spevak

Forty years ago this month, I wrote my first newspaper column. I was working as a summer reporter for a Los Banos newspaper when my editor suggested I write a column. I agreed. I forget now what the topic of that column was, but...

The Westside Express is fortunate to have talented and dedicated writers contributing to this newspaper. Most of them do it strictly for the love of writing about things important to them and because they believe in the...

In my column last week, I talked about the frustrations of going to a Giants game. I also mentioned my irritation with three members of the Giants ballpark staff who gave my wife Sandy and me the wrong information, causing two...

In my column last week, I floated the idea of turning the Los Banos canal trail into a kind of small-scale arboretum. In today’s column, I’d like to lay out what I think is a viable plan to make that happen. As perceptive...