The road trip and the four-legged child
When I was a kid, our family took a road trip every summer from our home in Colorado to visit my grandparents in Phoenix.
Plant of the Week: Helleborus Hybrids
Because of their ambiguous lineages from various species, most
Questions abound about new streetlamp light bulbs in town
I observe the City of Gilroy is switching streetlights from the kind with the orange glow to LEDs and have several questions. What is the replacement cost of each new light being installed? What is the monthly electrical operating cost of a new vs. the old style streetlight? Are the citizens going to see a cost savings in the first year of operating the lights? Will the city be able to recoup the cost of the old lights by selling them to another municipality and not just dumping them in the trash? How many hours of operation should a light provide before the bulb or LED will need to be replaced? Is PGE helping cover part of the cost of replacing? Thank you for investigating.
GETTING OUT: ‘Orienteering’ adds challenge to enjoying the great outdoors
A couple Saturdays ago, I answered the call for trail building labor on the Jim Donnelly Trail at Henry Coe Park. On a cool cloudy morning, I drove out Gilroy Hot Springs Road to the Hunting Hollow park entrance. When I arrived, I could not have been more surprised. A parking lot that usually has half dozen cars and a few horse trailers was busting at the seams. There must have been 70 cars in that lot. I was lucky to find a spot.
NHL: Sharks use two power-play goals to edge Predators, 2-1
SAN JOSE – Two power-play goals were enough to push the San Jose Sharks past the Nashville Predators 2-1 on Saturday night at sold-out HP Pavilion.
GETTING OUT: More from ‘Big Sky’ country
Near Bozeman, in southwestern Montana, three young rivers -- the
