Lost in the rush of recent news about the future of Point Reyes is the story of how the state, at The Nature Conservancy's behest, set aside millions of dollars for restoration of seashore lands long before most ranching families had agreed to leave their leased properties.

The mother of a 10-year-old girl killed during a mass shooting in a Catholic church in Minneapolis has remembered her as a sharp, curious and funny child who “didn’t water herself down.”