FALLBROOK -- Deep in the green avocado groves, the winter quiet is shattered by the whine of chain saws. Workers wielding machetes slash leafy branches from the trees and spray-paint the tall stumps white to protect the bark from sunburn in the forced hibernation to come.
MEXICO CITY - Four campaign seasons have come and gone since presidential hopeful H. Ross Perot warned that NAFTA would create a ''giant sucking sound'' of jobs going to Mexico, and the trade pact is still generating plenty of noise.
Staying healthy is at the top of most to-do lists, according to Lori Hunt, MSU Extension family nutrition coordinator. Hunt shares this list of the most common foods people enjoy, along with their health benefits:
SANTA CRUZ †Fresh produce, golf clubs, guitars and drums, antique paintings and glassware, it was all there †again †at the flea market on opening day. Many of the same dealers, many of the same vendors and shoppers were the same but the Skyview Flea Market name is gone.