Words + Pictures
It's a difficult task to guess your friends' and relatives' taste in books. You can hedge your bets by giving a book with pictures; that's why the "coffee table book" has long been a staple of holiday presents. Still, a book without much text can become the victim of a quick flip-through, never to be revisited.

Course teaches horse management
Do you have a new horse? Are you an experienced horse owner who wants to learn more? Horse Health Management, a nine-week long comprehensive course, begins Monday, Jan. 12 in Delano.

Four file for two City Council seats
It looks like there will be an election March 3 to fill two open seats on the La Ca�ada Flintridge City Council.

Aging brains allow negative memories to fade
( University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry ) It turns out there's a scientific reason why older people tend to see the past through rose-colored glasses. A University of Alberta medical researcher, in collaboration with colleagues at Duke University, identified brain activity that causes older adults to remember fewer negative events than their younger counterparts.
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