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(Camera: Nikon D300. Lens: Nikkor 17-55mm @ 17mm. Exposure: 1/500th sec. @ f/8. ISO: 200) When I was a freshman in high school in the winter of 1974 something unusual happened (well, unusual for the Central Valley): It snowed! Not just a dusting of...

Delta College has a concert band, a jazz band, even a mariachi band, but what it doesn't have is a marching band. I can't think of many community colleges that do.   (Camera: Nikon D300. Lens: Nikkor 300mm. Exposure: 1/500th sec. @f/5.6. ISO:...

(Camera: Nikon D300. Lens: Nikkor 300mm. Exposure: 1/2000th sec. @ f/ 5.6. ISO: 200) Those artificial turfs many high schools are going to for their football fields are truly marvels. They never need watering or fertilizing. The need for mowing is...

"Autumn, the year's last, loveliest smile."- William Cullen Bryant Although it's well into autumn, the trees are just starting to turn to their fall colors. I guess this still is sunny California, and much of the Valley is still green. But there are...