Happy Thanksgiving

California Wildfires

Through last week, 1.24 million acres burned in California, the most since 1970, when consistent, modern records were first kept.
Wildfires hop-scotched around Southern California on Sunday although calmer winds slowed flames that have destroyed almost 1,000 houses, forced tens of thousands to evacuate and turned some neighborhoods into scenes resembling war zones.

Our new President

For a generation, black parents have told their children, "you can be anything you want in this world."

After last Tuesday night, they can say it with confidence. Barack Obama , a first-term senator from Illinois known for booming soliloquies and a cool-under-fire demeanor, was elected the nation's first black president.

Barack Obama must juggle high hopes, big challenges on quest for change.