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Suzanne Potter / California News Service SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Environmental groups are applauding the criminal indictment Tuesday of the company blamed for the massive oil spill last May in Refugio, about an hour north of Santa Barbara. A grand jury indicted Plains All-American Pipeline on 46 counts related to...

Spring in Plaza de Cesar Chavez Through June 30, 2016 / varying times Plaza de Cesar Chavez 194 S Market St San Jose, CA Free   Downtown Farmers’ Market presented by Kaiser Every Friday, May 6 – November 18, 2016 / 10am – 2pm San Pedro Street Downtown  San Jose, CA Free   Music...

San Jose / CALIFORNIA National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has approved more than $82 million to fund local arts projects and partnerships in the NEA’s second major funding announcement for fiscal year 2016. Included in this announcement is an “Art Works” award of $10,000 to Children’s Musical...

The NBA Champion Golden State Warriors announced on Monday that All-Star forward Draymond Green was named a finalist by the NBA for the 2015-16 Seasonlong NBA Cares Community Assist Award, presented by Kaiser Permanente, in recognition of his outstanding efforts in the community and his ongoing philanthropic and charitable...

San Jose / CALIFORNIA The San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) and Humane Society Silicon Valley (@hssv) are pleased to announce that “Jo PAW-velski” has been adopted.  The Humane Society Silicon Valley, which oversaw the adoption process, confirmed that the 3-month-old kitten, along with a companion kitten, had been adopted on...

Mario Jiménez Castillo / El Observador El aura es el campo electromagnético que rodea al cuerpo, es como si emanáramos una luz interna en la que reflejamos nuestro estado emocional, físico y mental. El aura está constituida por micro partículas cargadas de energía e información. Todas nuestras vivencias son imágenes...

Norma De la Vega / Universidad de California ¿Cómo proteger las reservas de agua en mi comunidad? ¿Cómo prevenir la diabetes que reduce la expectativa de vida? ¿Cómo combatir las plagas que se comen mis aguacates? Las respuestas a estas y a un sinfín de preguntas están en la ciencia,...

Arturo Hilario / El Observador “Finding Dory” could not have been created without the real life creatures which inhabit Monterey Bay Aquarium. Features that are solely found in the ecosystem of the Bay Area’s coasts are essential parts of this film, which finds Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) in the midst of...