| Bears? Not here, not yet
It wasn't so very long ago that humankind was not the big dog in San Benito County. Until a little more than a century ago, even men mounted on horseback kept a watchful eye for the only animal capable of turning a day's ride into a horror show nightmare.
Grizzly bears once padded through the mountains and valleys of San Benito County and the Central Coast. The last living example of Ursus arctos disappeared from California in the first years of the 20th Century, remaining only as an iconographic reminder of California's wilderness past on the state flag.
When the first Spanish explorers began to traverse California, they encountered a place very different from the state we know today. Dead whales, castoffs from a population much larger than today's, littered the beaches.
Dog food doesn't taste that bad
With three days left in RRSP season, we're going to take a different tack. For weeks we've hammered away at the multiple reasons why 95% of the working population should make RRSP contributions. To recap, you get an up-front tax deduction, tax-sheltered growth of your investments and a way to create a down payment on a home or to build up a fund to return to school. For those whose incomes vary widely from year to year, RRSPs can be an income and tax-averaging vehicle and provide an emergency cash cushion if work dries up altogether. We even devoted a column to appeal to those in the underground economy, describing RRSPs as "a Swiss bank account with a kickback." .
North San Diego County Times Community News Briefs: Anger seminar ...
RANCHO BERNARDO -- The Church at Rancho Bernardo will host an anger seminar for women called "I Am Woman ---- Should I Roar?" from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 24 at the church, 11740 Bernardo Plaza Court.Noted author, speaker and marriage and family therapist Jesse Dillinger of TruSoultions Ministries will teach ways to identify the reasons why one becomes angry, how to handle anger (from one's self and others) and practical methods to overcome anger. Tickets cost $25 if purchased by March 11; $35 after. Register at http://www.trusolutions.org/calendar.asp. .
North Korean women trafficked as brides WORLD BRIEFINGS
SEOUL -- Thousands of North Korean women fleeing famine in their homeland in recent years say they have been sold as "brides" to Chinese men, who often force them into backbreaking labor and subject them to constant fear, physical assault and sexual abuse.
Women who were trafficked into China, lured by the promise of food and a decent living, described their experiences in an unprecedented series of interviews by Radio Free Asia's Korean service.
"A woman from our village who said she'd been to China told me that we could make some money there, so I followed her and crossed the Tumen River," said Jeong Soo-ok, who was caught and sold by trafficking rings after crossing the border from North Korea into China in March 2004.
"Before I even knew it, I was taken to a man's house," Mrs.
They pack up caring in a carton
After a long career in retail merchandising and marketing, Joseph Bombara, of Mt. Lebanon, retired from the corporate world, but soon found a different kind of job. He's working 20 hours a month as volunteer coordinator for a monthly food distribution called the Angel Food Ministries at his church, South Hills Assembly of God Church in Bethel Park. .
Tommy Bahama Rum to Debut at South Beach Wine & Food Festival
21/02/07 Tommy Bahama Rum, the new ultra-premium rum from Barbados, will make its much-anticipated debut at The 2007 Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival, February 22-25. This will be a chance for consumers to be among the first to "taste paradise." This exciting new entry into the rum category comes from Sidney Frank Importing Co., Inc. and Tommy Bahama. Tommy Bahama Rum comes in two delightfully distinct flavors: Tommy Bahama White Sand and Tommy Bahama Golden Sun. Each begins with the best blackstrap molasses and the cleanest, clearest water naturally filtered through coral stone. Tommy Bahama White Sand Rum is aged a minimum of two years in American white oak barrels. A clear, light-bodied rum, White Sand has a smooth entry and clean finish with hints of tangy, tropical fruit.
Hepatitis A Case in Worker at Wolfgang Puck Catering
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has been alerted that an employee at the Wolfgang Puck Catering facility in Hollywood has been diagnosed with acute hepatitis A. Public Health is investigating the situation and is working closely with the management of Wolfgang Puck Catering to determine which patrons may be at risk. PLEASE NOTE: No restaurants or Express Cafes owned and operated by Wolfgang Puck or Wolfgang Puck pre-packaged foods are affected by this situation and restaurant patrons are not at risk. Event hosts and the Department of Public Health are contacting attendees who ate uncooked food provided at four events that occurred between February 14 and February 20. These are within the 14 day window for administration of immune globulin (IG) to prevent illness, and it is recommended that these individuals receive this prophylactic medication, although the risk to any individual is quite low.
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