The first of the flock starts flying in around 4 p.m. and an hour later mass movements of starlings darken portions of the sky as they soar and swoop in formation over a rural New ...
The other day I noticed a woodpecker had been damaging my stucco. The next night I noticed it was sleeping, clinging to its destruction.
I instantly thought, “Well, I’ll just ...
Many people who watch The Ed (Schultz) Show saw him interviewing a leading Republican on his program. He asked why he hadn’t voted for an amendment to the health care reform bill ...
What do the California girls plan to bring us?
They have brought us a planned health care program that they do not have the constitutional authority to legislate.
Their intenti ...
I could not agree more with Elinor Petuskey on why we in the United States don’t have decent affordable health care, like our allies (Reader Input, Dec. 30).
Look only to how m ...
Parents who dream that their child might one day do time in a county jail will be excited to learn that Placer County started construction on a $98 million corrections facility (Jo ...
Now that the holidays are coming to an end, Placer County residents can make better use of their Christmas trees through recycling.
Residents can drop off their used trees for fre ...
I am often amazed to read some of the letters in the paper. It was good to see that several students seem to understand how our government works as so many others don’t. Our gove ...
Hooray! A health care plan is on the way, not a perfect one, but a step in the right direction.
I was thinking about the past, the “greatest generation” – their WWII fight ...
Re: “1960’s Squaw Valley Olympics treasure unearthed in Midwest,” (Journal, Dec. 10).
I think it is wonderful that we can celebrate a part of our heritage. This celebration ...
