Well, it's officially summer. And I can tell my garden is loving the sunshine. At the beginning of May, I bought lots of vegetable plants and seeds. I planted them into the ground and have been watering them everyday (I guess you could say flooding them, because I thought they were dying.) They started to…… MORE

In honor of Fathers' Day, which is this Sunday, here are some of history's greatest fathers. Byron Keith Perkins – Perkins was temporarily let out of jail in January of 2006 so he could donate a kidney to his ailing son.  Instead of showing up at the hospital, Perkins drove to his girlfriend's  house, picked…… MORE

For years critics have been saying that horse racing is dead, that people just don’t care about it anymore. They point put the sparse crowds at Santa Anita race course and others throughout the country. They point out that many tracks, such as Hollywood Park and Bay Meadows have closed in recent years after their…… MORE

Driving to work this morning, I turned out of my neighborhood and saw two glowing eyes in the street. I slowed down and looked closer. Thinking they were cats I eased forward and honked when they wouldn't move out of the road. One of the animals started to sprint across the road, while the other…… MORE

I've heard a lot of name calling, hurt feelings and anger this week. I don't understand. More people seem angrier over the idea of two members of the same gender being joined in a union recognized by the state than are over the idea that we could be fined, or taxed, for not having health…… MORE