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Excessive nitrates ingested from the water supply are a serious public health threat. They can interfere with the ability of red blood cells to carry oxygen to the tissues of the body especially in infants and pregnant women. This threat exists at various times in more than 700 of California’s water supplies, primarily from fertilizer-related agriculture operations, but that is not the only source. There are three primary sources of nitrate contamination; agricultural/fertilizer operations, septic systems/waste, and natural erosion. Droughts do not cause nitrate contamination – the nitrates are either already in, and/or currently entering, the supply. The drought-reduced water levels in the aquifer can raise or lower the concentration depending on the where the nitrates are in the earth or water supply.

Here we are, halfway through my son's senior year of high school and I have learned something very important: Senior year is more expensive than any other year of high school. Basically, it's the year that parents spend like drunken Beverly Hills housewives using their soon-to-be-ex-husband's black AMEX for the last time.

Leone's Lessons: Winter is upon us, and playing in cold, wet

On April 22, we observe Earth Day. First celebrated in 1970, Earth Day has grown into an international movement whose goal is to raise awareness of the need to take action to sustain a healthy, sustainable environment. You can do your part through recycling and other measures, but you can also apply some of the lessons of Earth Day to your financial situation – and, in particular, to your approach to investing.

On recent weekends, Kmart shoppers' attention may have been diverted to an interesting little sale right outside the store. That is because residents on Saturdays have been leaving their vehicles parked - along with “for sale” signs - on the northeast edge of the store lot facing the busy commercial corridor.

For the past two months, sections of Hazel Hawkins Memorial

Here’s a sobering statistic: 46 percent of workers surveyed had little or no confidence that they will have enough money to live comfortably throughout their retirement years, according to the 2010 Retirement Confidence Survey, issued by the Employee Benefit Research Institute. So you may want to explore all possible retirement savings vehicles – including a variable annuity.

Rovella's Dave Steele was nominated by Pacific Swimming for