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It’s not what we feed the baby barn owl, it’s how.  Volunteers at the Wildlife Education and Rehabilitation Center wrap the squirming, screaming little raptor in a towel “burrito-style”. This method keeps them safe from its sharp talons and allows one person to maintain control while feeding it pieces of rodents with forceps. It can sometimes be a messy process, and after feeding time is over, baby needs its face and beak washed up.

In an effort to save time for passengers and go paperless, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority will replace all paper transit passes with the regional electronic Clipper card, according to a VTA press release.

"Just Run." Where did that come from?

A 12th measure has been added to California’s November ballot known as the Government Performance and Accountability Act that seeks to establish a two-year state budget cycle, allow local governments more control over state law and require more transparency from legislators.

LOS ANGELES – They said it wasn't a rubber stamp decision, but it ended with high fives. After years of debate, and ultimately compromise, a playoff in college football is at long last coming. The Bowl Championship Series, born in 1998, soon will be dead.

Voters will have one more tax to consider on the already packed November 2012 ballot.

ENGAGEMENT: Flores/Danze: Melissa Renee Flores and Matthew Ryan Danze are engaged to be married.

Warrant arrests

In March, the Frys.com Open took a major step toward becoming a full-fledged event when PGA commissioner Tim Finchem announced the tour’s policy board approved two significant changes – the Nationwide Tour becoming the primary path to a PGA Tour card, and the tour season’s start moving from January to October in 2013.