News we can relate to...

For those of you subscribed to the mailing list or RSS feed you probably never notice the interesting news on the blog itself. These are news items that we come across in google reader that seem worth sharing and are generally relevant to child-rearing, our jobs, life in northern california, etc. Here are a few of the postings from the past month:

• Does involving parents really help students learn? Depends on how they're involved
  
  
• Should you let your toddler/preschooler watch TV? Part II
  
  
• Bay Area To Install Electric Vehicle Grid - check out the documentary "Who Killed the Electric Car"
  
  
• Anti-Matter Created By Laser At Livermore - should we be scared this is less than 20 miles from our house
  
  
• NorCal median home price plummets 41 percent - the rest of the bay area is starting to experience what we in the central valley already saw
  
  
• CSU to impose enrollment caps in budget crisis - Cheryl's school is making cuts but unclear what impact it will have on her yet
  
  
• Life in the San Francisco exburbs - the mortgage mess and Mountain House
  
  
• Photo du Jour 269 - funny sign spotted during the proposition 8 protests
  
  
• 'Madagascar' roars with $63.5 million weekend - San Jose Mercury News - good start toward another bonus
  
  
• Bush Street Renamed - the picture and updated caption are worth seeing if you are happy with the election
  
  
• San Francisco voted #1 U.S. City to visit by Conde Nast Traveler Readers - so why aren't you here already?
  
  

You can also see these if you use google reader. Sadly, you may hear about another story that was picked up by the AP and majors about a neighborhood just 3 miles from our house. Not what we had in mind when starting this post last week.