We have been exploring the neighborhood looking for new spots along the Stanislaus River to park and jump in to cool off on a hot summer's day. Most of the "fishing access" parks are quite handy. We recently spent a wonderful morning at Fox Grove Fishing Access off Geer Road, and I was surprised by a lot of things.
The words "fun" and "math" are not usually mentioned in the same sentence — but they were recently. "They make math fun," said sixth-grader Nayeli Garcia. "It makes you want to come back."
Over the course of a career, firefighters are relentlessly exposed to a hellish mix of toxins. These exposures put firefighters at a substantially greater risk of getting cancer — a reality documented in more than 80 peer-reviewed medical studies.
