DEAR JOAN: Recently I noticed mushrooms growing at the base of one of the juniper trees in the backyard. It was interesting, so I took a picture. A…
Read more How do animals know it’s safe to eat mushrooms in Sunnyvale yard?DEAR JOAN: There is something that I have noticed for years, and I finally decided to ask the only expert I know. At the southbound Thornton Avenue exit to…
Read more Why are birds perching on only 1 set of power lines in Newark?DEAR JOAN: We live in an urban area of San Jose, and sometimes at night hear the hooting of an owl of some sort. Recently we heard that repeated…
Read more Is that a great horned owl making un-owl like sounds in San Jose?DEAR JOAN: I read the article about a lost cat walking hundreds of miles to return home (from Yellowstone National Park) and wondered how the cat traveled this…
Read more Did a lost Salinas cat really walk home from Yellowstone National Park, or did he have help?MILPITAS — Authorities are urging Milpitas residents to mind their surroundings after a mountain lion was caught on camera twice Wednesday morning patrolling the city. The first sighting…
Read more Mountain lion caught on camera roaming MilpitasDEAR JOAN: Our two King Charles Cavaliers have dug two shallow holes in our backyard and seem to eat some of the dirt that they loosen with their front…
Read more Why are two Sunnyvale dogs eating dirt and is it bad for them?By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ | Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Rescuers were searching Wednesday for a gray whale last spotted off Northern California’s coast with its tail entangled…
Read more Rescuers search off Northern California coast for young gray whale entangled in gill net
