The wetlands are important because they are the filtration between the marine environment and the terrestrial environment. By having a little filtration there, we protect the ocean from the impacts of man.

The wetland restoration has started, but we need more water flow to have a functioning ecosystem.

It's a quality of life thing for all the people in the Valley. It makes the air that you breathe in that area not full of dust. It makes driving on the road safer. It will increase the amount of fish and shrimp.

It's kind of a scary environment, and they'd wake him up once an hour and say, 'Mr. Todd raise one finger.' and every time the finger would rise, you'd get goose bumps because you would know he'd be fine.

The theater environment in the North Bay right now is absolutely vivid with progressive theater companies, ... It really feels a whole lot like Chicago did back when the last Chicago renaissance was starting, or like Philadelphia did in the late '70s and early '80s. There was so much amazing, interesting theater being done then, and there is something incredibly exciting going on in the North Bay right now.

We want to be very aggressive defensively and not allow uncontested shots. We have to rebound and limit them to one shot per possession.