Flames Latest Threat to Catalina's Wild Inhabitants (NPR)
Santa Catalina Island has long been known as a lush, idyllic tourist resort. But most of the 76-square-mile island is home to a much wilder crowd: a rich array of fauna and flora. A wildfire now threatens the island's main town and some of its rare wildlife.
PRESS RELEASE: DEVELOP GATHERS PACE AS TANDEM EVENTS ANNOUNCES SATCHELL AND GARRIOTT AS CONFERENCE KEYNOTES (gamesindustry.biz)
Anticipation for the Develop Conference & Expo, which takes place in Brighton this July 24-26, continues to gather momentum as organiser Tandem Events announces the conference programme is bulging, the Develop Mobile and GAMES:EDU days are taking shape and the speaker line up is already reading like a ‘Who’s Who’ of the video game industry.
Tshwane is the metropole, Pretoria is the city (Pretoria News)
Yahoo! News Search Results for radio metropoleI refer to the editorial comment "Stop talking and just change our city's name" by Yusuf Abramjee (Pretoria News, 8 May). The sentiment that the name issue is sidetracking pressing service delivery issues is correct.
Biography (All About Jazz)
Born Willis Leonard Holman on May 21, 1927 in Olive, CA, near Santa Ana, Bill Holman took up clarinet in junior high school and tenor saxophone in high school by which time he was leading his own band.
Firefighters Save Catalina Island Town (NPR)
Fire officials say they have more than a third of the fire contained on Catalina Island, and they hope to have it under control by early next week.