This is the second and last in my series of pet peeves. Although I might at some time have to add to my litany of complaints. I hit the roof, found the end of my rope, couldn’t take it anymore and was generally ticked off when I saw the video of a 100-year-old woman who […]
Benicia High School teacher, husband establish fundraising campaign for newborn baby
Daughter Josie born with heart defects The past month has been a wave of experiences for Jennifer and Jay Rooney. The Berkeley couple became first-time parents on April 4 when their daughter Josie was born at Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center. For the first day, everything seemed normal. Jennifer, an English teacher at Benicia High […]
Everyday Feng Shui: Let the beauty of flowers help heal you
SPRING IS HERE AND WITH IT COMES RENEWED ENERGY. Are you feeling as vibrant as you possibly can? Flowers can help! “Flowers are one of the easiest ways to uplift the Chi in our homes. They provide us with a sampling of nature’s wonder and beauty and help us stay connected with the natural world.” […]
Joel Fallon: The Gold Rush and the Oil Rush, a sad parallel
BY THE 1850s, IT HAD BECOME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT FOR SMALL-SCALE MINERS to find and profitably extract gold from California’s gold country. That’s when big-time operators moved in with hydraulic technology. Sediment, washed away by their high-pressure hoses, dammed or clogged riverbeds and lakes. Rivers’ courses changed. Agriculture was threatened in the Central Valley. Conflicts over […]
Crewmember Report: Benicia, California, Spaceship Earth: The benefits of bicycling
BESIDES THE OBVIOUS BENEFITS OF BICYCLING related to fun, health and inexpensive transportation, there is “gold” in those bicycle wheels for a wide sector of the economy. Who knew? I’ve mentioned in past articles that one of the many goals the Community Sustainability Commission has set to work on for 2013-14 is a Bicycle Guide […]