07/15/11 Opponents of a plan that would build a bus repair facility and business park in what is now an oak woodland on the former Fort Ord announced Thursday they hope to get a referendum on the ballot and ban construction on the so-called "Whispering Oaks" site.
07/15/11 TUESDAY Brett Andrew Tyburski, 24, 401 Spruce Drive, was arrested at 3:50 a.m. at Michigan Boulevard and Woodland Avenue on a public-intoxication charge.
07/14/11 Morticia checked messages on her BlackBerry, prospective buyers opened the 4-foot-high "Cousin Itt" door in an upstairs bedroom and children scampered through a backyard jungle of trees, shrubs and plants that included honeysuckle, smoke bush, coral bells and bleeding...
07/14/11 STOCKTON - Lodi is no longer the wayward city, Stockton remains united and the drive to redraw political boundaries in California marches on. An Aug. 15 completion deadline looms.
07/14/11 Seventy-five years ago, July 16, 1936, the big East Bay Regional Park District park in the hills above Berkeley was both officially dedicated and renamed from the then familiar "Wildcat Canyon Park" to Charles Lee Tilden Park.
07/10/11 Star billing for a carnivore: Washington's only native red fox is the focus of a July 15 presentation by U.S. Forest Service researcher Keith Aubrey. Learn the habits and habitat requirements of the beautiful carnivore that lives in the alpine and subalpine regions of the Cascade Range.
07/05/11 The local chapter of the Red Cross is asking for donations to its disaster relief fund, which took a
07/05/11 An apartment fire in Kennewick on Sunday displaced dozens of residents, but the Red Cross was there and able to help them.
07/05/11 Police say a 16-year-old drowned while swimming at Horseshoe Lake in Woodland, Wash.
06/27/11 Aimee Mann will return to the road this summer for a string of West Coast tour dates
06/25/11 I am walking through Aokigahara Jukai forest, the light rapidly fading on a mid-winter afternoon, when I am stopped dead in my tracks by a blood-curdling scream. The natural reaction would be to run, but the forest floor is a maze of roots and slippery rocks and, truth be told, I am lost in this vast woodland whose name, in part, translates as "Sea of Trees." Inexplicably, I find myself moving ...
06/20/11 The Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre will present George Abbott and Douglass Wallop's "Damn Yankees" beginning Saturday, June 18, with shows at 2 and 8 p.m. The show features music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross.
06/20/11 The California Redwood Company announces today that it has completed the acquisition of the assets of Siskiyou Lumber Products, a California-based company specializing in remanufacturing and wholesale lumber distribution.
06/20/11 A 2008 BcS championship ring* was one of several items taken from the residence of a pair of Florida football players, the Gainesville Sun is reporting.
06/20/11 NEW ORLEANS - Virginia NCAA Champion Robby Andrews has been named one of 10 semifinalists for The Bowerman - collegiate track and field's most prestigious award, as announced Monday by The Bowerman Men's Watch List Committee in conjunction with the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
06/20/11 * Tuesday in the Worthington Park will feature Celtic Harpist Tom Duncan at 6:30 p.m. It will be at the bandstand. The art of Wilma Shouse McBride will be featured in the community building. Bring lawn chairs, and refreshments will be by the Christian church.
06/20/11 The Land Trust of Virginia recognized four individuals for their conservation achievements in helping save Virginia's rural areas during the annual Garden Party To Save Virginia's Countryside Sunday afternoon at Rosemont near Waterford.
06/19/11 Rory McIlroy, the irresistible young Congressional candidate, was sworn in last night as golf's new global leader after a victory in the 111th US Open which was as thrilling for the game as it was chilling for his rivals. Washington is well accustomed to landslides but even the nation's capital was left open-mouthed by the one-sided nature of this contest.
06/15/11 The mission of the Boys & Girls Club of America is to inspire and enable all young people to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.
06/14/11 Alex Estrada from Belen, New Mexico fired a competition record tying 64 (-8) to charge into the lead of the 96th Annual Southwestern Amateur Golf Tournament being held on the par 72, 7272 yard Butterfield Trail Golf Club in El Paso, Texas. read more | 
