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?A California man received a mysterious handwritten note on his front door earlier this year—and it’s giving people online chills. Jacob, who lives near Long Beach, said the…
Read more Note left at renter’s door by stranger reveals chilling secret from 1980sDEAR 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?On a quiet street in Wilmette, native plants bloom in broad sweeps and bright bursts, bringing color and life to what was once an ordinary strip of lawn…
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Read more Family says coyote attacked toddler outside LA homeBEIRUT — Syria’s largest Palestinian camp was once bustling with activity: It was crowded with mini-buses and packed with shops hawking falafel, shawarma and knafeh nabulsieh — a…
Read more Some return to war-battered hub of Palestinian life in SyriaSRINAGAR, India — A multi-screen cinema hall opened on Saturday in the main city of Indian-controlled Kashmir for the first time in 14 years in the government’s push…
Read more Cinema opens in Kashmir city after 14 years but few turn up
