Being an older horse, she dug herself deeper and deeper into the mud and ice.

Sometimes, when a horse is in the mud, if you go to override him he'll slip and slide. All I wanted to do was not mess him up. When he got out front, his heart got big and he just ran.

Chances are, we're going to break a levee before we reach those flows. We haven't seen levels like this since 1997, and these are significant levels on the lower San Joaquin River.

We had a deficit and could no longer afford to do what we have been doing. Last year, we laid several employees off. In 2006, we're no longer in deficit spending mode, but we've lost critical programs and services, so now we'll ask the voters to change that.

Overall, these two initiatives will help us meet national standards and to continue providing the services that our community has come to expect.

There were 4,700 tires inside the store. Thankfully, there were no cars inside and no employees inside.