FOOTBALL: 49ers’ Harbaugh says ‘there’s some separation’ in quarterback competition
Three days after saying there was no
Getting Out: Find solitude at Modoc National Forest
We parked in front of the US Forest Service building in Alturas, Modoc County's only incorporated city. The shiny new building was a stark contrast to the rest of sleepy Alturas which appeared to be frozen in the 1950's. At just under 4,000 square miles, Modoc County is the twelfth largest county in California, yet it has a population of only 9,147; a number that has been steadily declining.
Plumbing the depths of a family vacation
Something I get asked a lot is “How did you start writing a newspaper column?” Or, “Do you ever run out of stuff to write about?”
