{"id":8,"date":"2013-11-02T21:34:03","date_gmt":"2013-11-02T21:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2026-04-04T20:08:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T03:08:38","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?page_id=8","title":{"rendered":"About The Editor\/Publisher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-60322 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FACEBOOKPROFILE-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FACEBOOKPROFILE-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FACEBOOKPROFILE-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FACEBOOKPROFILE.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><strong>Raul Hernandez<\/strong> was a newspaper reporter for more than 30 years. He worked at the El Paso Herald-Post, The El Paso Times, The Press-Enterprise in Riverside County, California, and the Ventura County Star in California.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">He worked as a court reporter for more than 19 years while working as a journalist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">The first of Raul Hernandez&#8217;s three novels, &#8220;The Serape Notebook,&#8221; &#8220;Stepping on the Devil&#8217;s Tail&#8221; and &#8220;The Dead Sea Bar and Grill&#8221; are available on Kindle and Amazon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">&#8220;CRUSHER&#8217;S FUNERAL,&#8221; A NOVEL BY RAUL HERNANDEZ, NOW ON SALE AT AUDIBLE.COM<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"js_7nw\" class=\"_5pbx userContent\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\">\n<div id=\"id_58e1cbbe954368790735872\" class=\"text_exposed_root\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Raul Hernandez was a newspaper reporter for more than 30 years. 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