Nesting season begins at Pinnacles
Love is in the air at Pinnacles National Park and around San Benito County as a variety of raptors, birds of prey, begin their nesting season. Raptors are a common and beautiful sight at Pinnacles during the nesting season, which typically runs from January to August. As specialized hunters, raptors have powerful beaks and talons for tearing apart prey, and exceptional eyesight for locating food from great distances. Most raptors can see even small prey animals clearly from almost 2 miles away, thanks to their telescopic vision.
Some Common ‘Momisms’ in Honor of Mother’s Day
When I was growing up, my mom had a stock of phrases she would
A beautiful weekend for a picnic amidst the splendor of nature
Wanna get back to nature and away from the crowds this Labor Day
Lighting up the night
The late fall 50-degree chill in the air couldn't keep dozens of bundled-up people from celebrating the Downtown Chanukah Candlelighting at the Third Street Promenade in Morgan Hill Tuesday. The lighting of the menorah on the seventh night of Chanukah was sponsored by Congregation Emeth.
Conditions at puppy mills are often inhumane
Puppy mills are on the top of the news again. These are
Bullet train open house set for Thursday
The California High-Speed Rail Authority will host an open house
Getting Out: Take in the sights of Brokeoff Mountain
In May of 1915, after a 27,000-year nap, Lassen Peak blew ash, rock, and pumice 30,000 feet into the air. But Lassen Peak is only the largest lava dome that has formed around the base of the long gone and much larger Ancestral Brokeoff Volcano. At its largest, Brokeoff Volcano (aka Mount Tehama) was fifteen miles wide at its base and 11,000 feet high. Six hundred thousand years ago, it erupted in an explosion fifty times greater than the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens.
