San Mateo County oak trees treated to protect them from deadly disease
n Plant pathologist conducts experiment with nontoxic fungicide to prevent 150 oaks from dying 

 
 

Times Watchdog

BOATING A PERILOUS PASTIME

Narrow, curving rivers and sloughs, faster boats, reckless behavior and the lack of mandatory boater education combine to make California's inland waterways more dangerous than the Pacific Ocean.

Science News from AP

WASHINGTON—Take that, Andromeda! For decades, astronomers thought when it came to the major galaxies in Earth's cosmic neighborhood, our Milky Way was a weak sister to the larger Andromeda.   Full Story