Guadalupe News

Local law enforcement officers who have been involved in the county's anti-DUI campaign were recognized Tuesday.

In the last five years, the number of emergency calls recorded by the Guadalupe Fire Department has increased 150 percent, but the largely volunteer department had added no staff.

The Mexican ranchero music blaring from the corner jukebox drowned out most of what the afternoon lunch crowd at La Costa Azul restaurant was saying.

'I keep saying it and saying it and saying it,' says John Greenlee, 'brown is a color too.' As autumn turns the dozens of grasses, sedges and rushes in his Pomona nursery various shades of gold, silver and brown, the leader of the Western meadow movement seems exhausted by a two-decade fight against the perpetual green of the suburban lawn.

Or perhaps he's simply worn out by a 2 a.m. arrival home after a bedeviled flight across the country, returning from a trip to see a grower for the John Greenlee Grass Collection, a line of grasses for the nursery giant EuroAmerican Propagators. As much to his own surprise as anyone else's, one of the most outspoken critics of mainstream American horticulture, the leader of the 'meadow revolution,' has gone over to big business. For the last five years, Greenlee has been developing ornamental grass collections for EuroAmerican's Proven Winners line. If the relationship lasts, Greenlee's grasses may soon appear in garden centers near you.

Serena Atwater, 8, is dwarfed by a puppet head of Francisca Benicia Vallejo as this little volunteer helps the puppet handlers get prepared for their performance at Vallejo's Fourth of July celebration in ...

He's been offered as much as $80,000 for the palm-size stone, but Refugio Jaime won't budge for any amount of money.

Soroptimist International of Ventura Installs Club Officers Ventura, CA- Soroptimist International of Ventura, California, recently installed club officers for the 2008-2009 club year at the Soroptimist ...

For the third year, a team of young people and adults from St. Mary Magdalen Church in Camarillo will spend a week of their summer vacation reaching out to children and families in need in Tijuana.

Monterey Welcome to Mexicalifornia. And no, I'm not talking about immigration policy or demographic trends or domestic hiring habits.

Fireworks are a big part of 4th of July celebrations across the Central Coast. But because they can be dangerous, they are not allowed in some places.

School's out for the summer, but that's not stopping some Guadalupe youngsters from learning Newton's third law of motion.

Mexico and the United States have a twisted relationship. Dysfunctional: Each country likes to blame the other for its problems, and neither is eager to accept responsibility.

Photographs keep a subject alive and at the same time mark its passing. The friction between a photograph's perpetual now and its memorial then can saturate an image with poignancy -- the reprieve of ...

A fast-moving fire erupted Friday along the Northern California coast, burning homes, forcing hundreds of residents to flee and backing up traffic for miles on a scenic highway.

Zanker creates award in memory of student killed by drunken driver Pearl Zanker Elementary School honored former student Lily Ngo, 11, at its graduation ceremony last Thursday.

For the past 50 years, Russell Weidemann has awakened each school day, eager to head into the classroom to help shape a new generation of students.

To be or not to be? That was the question facing David Koppel, artistic director of San Jose's feisty little Arclight Repertory Theatre.

Using consumer preferences to drive the development of broccoli and cauliflower varieties, Seminis Vegetable Seeds Inc.

Across the bay from San Francisco, this old waterfront city with 120,000 residents shares some history with San Diego.

More than 1,000 excited third-graders showed up at the Carousel Mall today to receive certificates for their reading achievements during the school year.