California: Savannah Cat Exotic pet owners dread this state because it has some of the strictest exotic animals laws out there. This is a state that bans ferrets under the guise of protecting the environment—even though its inhabitants regularly defy the law, and invasive ferrets have not been...
California, the land of perpetual waves and beachside dreams, where everyone seems to be a seasoned surfer or a wannabe shredder. Surfboards, those beloved floating companions, have even managed to sneak their way into some unexpected scenes, like traffic accidents. Imagine this poor guy, minding...
A New Yorker contributor since 1925 and denizen of the Algonquin Round Table, Frank Sullivan was a jolly soul known for his gentle wit and spoofs of cliches. His latest target was Lois Long’s fashion column “On and Off the Avenue,” penning a spoof that was indistinguishable from the ori...
Now something of a cult film, reviews were mixed whenBlonde Venuswas released in 1932.The New York Times’criticMordaunt Hallwent even further than Mosher, calling the film a “muddled, unimaginative and generally hapless piece of work, relieved somewhat by the talent and charm of the German a...
California State Fossil Fossil: Saber-Toothed Cat (Smilodon californicus) Age: Pleistocene Year Designated: 1974 Fossils of the Saber-Toothed Cat (Smilodon californicus) are abundant at the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles. Smilodon is one of the most recognizable of the ferocious saber-toothed ...
He was a boy cast into the vast unknown, adrift on the winds of a long journey. This adventure would shape the man he would become. His parents were like ship’s captains, guiding their small crew. He and his dog were the sailors. Their Ford was a proud schooner, and California was...
News pertaining to the business and operation of Oregon State Government. Categories vs. Tags. Ranchers dread effects of Cascade-Siskiyou monument expansion. January 13, 2017. Cattle groups reacted with dread at the expansion of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in Oregon and California, which...
In some parts of our oceans, currents bring the plastics together into giant ‘garbage patches.’ The largest, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, is made up of two separate areas: the Western Garbage Patch off the coast of Japan and the Eastern Garbage Patch between Hawaii and California.[95]...
Politicians from the Northeast and Midwest were cool to the idea of war with Mexico, but southerners and westerners begged for the fight. They wanted secure trade routes across New Mexico to California, and many wished to see slavery spread to these new territories. U.S. President James K....
In this photo, cattle farmer Ben Gotschall puts his rifle away after killing a six-month old calf in Raymond, Nebraska. 40. California Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images For every 1,000 residents in California, there are 7.6 guns. That's 292,877 registered firearms dispersed among 38,332,521 pe...