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SACRAMENTO – The state Senate authorized initial funding for California's high-speed rail project, handing a victory to Gov. Jerry Brown and the Obama administration, which have been pushing hard for the first-in-the-nation bullet train.

Bodybuilding is more than just a hobby for 60-year-old Joe Guerrero. It’s a way of life. It’s his passion. It’s something that he has been cultivating for nearly 45 years. 

Things are changing for 12-year-old Hollister racer Tony Gualda.

A registered sex offender who was involved in a domestic dispute ran barefoot from police and was arrested when a sheriff’s K-9 officer bit him on the arm, according to authorities. 

When I talk to people on the Monterey Peninsula who walk the preserves and parks in the area, they often mention Jack’s Peak County Park. My sister and her canine companion, Harry, recently came up from Santa Barbara for a visit, and we decided to rendezvous in Monterey for a short hike. Since Monterey’s county parks are dog-friendly, it seemed like a perfect time to go to Jack’s Peak and see what everybody has been talking about.

Is it just me or does anyone else feel a little healthier this week?

I grew up just across the Golden Gate Bridge in Mill Valley. As I get grayer, the personal connections to my old home slip away, but the emotional link never dims.