Windows can be a major hazard for birds
I am enjoying my morning coffee when I hear a sickening thud and the sound of something lightly sliding down the kitchen window. The window shakes ever so slightly. Before I can even look up from my newspaper, I realize a bird has struck the window. Looking outside, I see a trembling, dazed mockingbird on the walkway below. Fortunately, he is on his feet. I watch him for a few minutes to be sure none of my neighbor's cats, who claim my yard as their own, find him. In a few minutes, thankfully, he is airborne again—hopefully wiser about windows and no worse for wear.
Avoid poison oak for sake of everyone
Q: We got into a discussion the other day about hiking the hills with our dogs. There’s some poison oak on this trail we walk, so we try to avoid going to close to that area. Can our dogs get skin problems if they get into that stuff?
Fed stops buying securities linked to mortgages
The Fed pulls out of the mortgage market. The Federal Reserve
Shedding some light on design
Our ancestors made wonderfully creative use of candlelight to
Jeffries ready for her close-up
ven when there is no fight in the near future and nothing on the
After-school academy serves area youth
Public schools all over California are being pressured by the state's hard economic times. Budgets continue to be cut, impacting students: larger classes, fewer enrichment programs, less individual attention. Also, increased gang activity has resulted from cutbacks in after-school activities.
Maybe it’s the April heat, but folks are fired up over salaries
How about this crazy weather going from a record 100-degree heat

















