Attorney calls Great Lakes waterways a ‘carp highway’ during lawsuit hearing on invasive fish

CHICAGO – Five states are asking a federal judge in Chicago to take emergency action to close two shipping locks and install barriers to prevent Asian carp from overrunning the Great Lakes via a “carp highway.”
At the first hearing in the case Monday, Judge Robert M. Dow Jr. showed no signs of rushing into a [...]

ESCONDIDO: Family, friends remember “gentle giant” Brian Wolfin

Hundreds of family, friends and neighbors of Brian Wolfinattended a block party and celebration of life on Saturday toremember their “gentle giant,” as he was often called, and to raisemoney for the two children he left behind.
Wolfin, 27, was among three Escondido men killed Aug. 14 whilewatching an off-road race in the Mojave Desert. He [...]