Parks in peril

The photo of light streaming through redwood trees was taken at Big Basin State Park a couple of years ago. It was one of the first places I camped when I came to California and the first time I’d ever seen the redwoods.

Now with the state’s budget cuts on the butcher table this park could [...]

Blast from the way past

Coffinette for the viscera of Tutankhamun (detail), Dynasty 18, Reign of Tutankhamun 1332-1322 BCE. 39.5 cm L x 11 cm W x 10 cm H. Photo: Andreas F. Voegelin, Antikenmuseum Basel and Sammlung Ludwig

This weekend after waking up at 7 a.m. for some morning surfing, Brian and I went to the deYoung Museum in [...]

All that glitters: panning in gold country

” Yep a guy came in here about three weeks ago and showed me a 22 ounce nugget.” said the clerk at the San Andreas True Value Hardware Store.

With the price of gold at about $950 an ounce this caught my attention, especially since I heard the same story two weeks prior from a co-worker [...]