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News in Foster City

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

CARVING FOOD: A SKILL TO LEARN



The other day in a restaurant, in Foster City, CA, I was watching a chef using his knife to carve different kinds of food: tomatoes, carrots, celery, meats, etc. He was using his knife very carefully; that is, not to damage it and not to cut himself.

I saw that he was slicing a tomato and each slice was like the ...

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

FOSTER CITY, CA.--THE BEST SHOW IN TOWN



The weekend of May 30th, to the 1st of June, is a good time, if you can, to visit Foster City, CA. Every year around this time Foster City celebrates it Annual Arts and Wine Festival.

Several days earlier a carnival comes into town and sets up its rides, so the local safety-agencies can make sure everything is safe. Discount ...

Monday, April 28th, 2008

"DO YOU SMELL THAT?"



"Do you smell that?" "Yes, I do!" " We have a skunk in the area!"

It's the second time in three days "The Flower Of The Woods" have let us known that they are in Foster City, CA.

When the weather gets warm and animals roam for food, when an eye-bothering oder strikes your eyes--you can almost ...

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

FOSTER CITY: 50 MINUTES TO AND FROM THE OLYMPIC TORCH



"The mayor of San Francisco should be kicked out of office for what he's done! " An irritated McDonald's customer said, in a group of people waiting for their food, who just came back to Foster City from going to see the Olympic Torch. "People came from throughout the state," he continued," and other states just to see the torch, and then he changes the ...

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

SAFER FROM AGGRESSIVE LITTLE ANIMALS



In Foster City, California, throughout the years, the wild animal population was getting out of control: skunks, squirrels, raccoons, roof-rats, etc,--had a free rein in the city.

In the 1980s', roof-rats ran wild until they were cracked down on. Today, squirrels are running wild and they are being cracked down on: Foster City hired pest controllers to put blue, poison ...

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

IS CALIFORNIA HEADING FOR A DROUGHT?



Pink blossoms from fruit trees are falling; fields are green; nights are cold; animals are roaming with their young for food; some rain some snow--are these signs that summer has arrived?

As I said in an earlier article, "We would have rain in December, January, February, and one or two storms in March." So far, as far as I can see, ...

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

NATURE AT WORK IN THE CALIFORNIA SIERRAS



When we heard that there were several feet of snow in the Sierras, we left Foster City, California, and drove for three hours to go cross-country skiing above Pinecrest, California.

When we were putting on our cross-country ski boots, it started to snow lightly: small flakes twirling around like they had no place to go. By the time we were ...

Monday, January 21st, 2008

CALIFORNIA'S BIG DAM IS FILLING



The rains came, the winds came, the flooding came, and the snow came--all of these things were expected in the first storm of California's winter season. The next big storm should start adding water to California's natural dam: the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Snow should start falling in the Sierras which will freeze to form the California's snow pack. This is important ...

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007

RAIN, RAIN, WHERE ARE YOU?



After eight months without natures moisture(rain), Foster City finally got some desperately needed rain. Not much, but enough to let the people still know what rain looks like.

When I pulled into a gas station near Foster City and walked up to the cashier's window to pay for the gas, before I pumped it, there was a sign in the cashier's ...

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

"MAVERICKS": THE WORLDS DANGEROUS WAVES



"Here he comes!" "Awe..., he missed it." "Here comes another one!" "Wow, look at him go!"

Just listen to these people talking, makes you feel like your at a very exciting event: such as, skiing, soccer, football, or ice-hockey. But, actually, your at Half Moon Bay, CA, which is about twenty-plus miles from Foster City, CA, east, sitting on a sand ...