With about a month remaining in Central Section basketball, here are The Bee Player of the Year favorites. And, remember, this excludes Kern County.

Edison girls basketball coach Sue Mahackian experiences a loss on the court as she deals with personal losses, too.

It's worth reviewing this epic, Memorial High's 66-65 escape over Bullard -- the electrifying environment, it's potential Central Section playoff seeding impact and a lot more.

Chinook salmon are scheduled to be reintroduced to the San Joaquin River as soon as this year. But what seems to have been overlooked is that the presence of salmon also will mean the end of all trout fishing and, potentially, bass fishing on the river.

SIERRA NATIONAL FOREST -- Don't care what it says on the calendar. Tuesday was the first real day of winter.

What a weird, weird winter. Driving up Kaiser Pass Road above Huntington Lake this week for Wednesday's bear cub story, past the locked gate where it becomes a bumpy one-lane track, the barren mountain slopes were astonishing.

Enter the Warzone, shouldering more blame than Atlas.

Enter the Warzone, leading with the helmet.

Enter the Warzone, your personal 2-minute warning.