Vacation was great.  Didn't send one postcard.  Took a hiatus from posting on this here blog. I'm back. -Kent Porter

Like I mentioned a few days ago, sunsets around here have been spectacular. On a trip back from Lake County on Sunday another vista presented itself off Highway 20 just west of Upper Lake. -Kent Porter

In search of people searching for turkey's led writer Mary Callahan and I to G&G Market in Santa Rosa Saturday. We found people and nearly a 1/2 ton of turkey. I found a weather feature to boot as a hail storm bore down on Santa Rosa. -Kent Porter

Never a dull moment. As a really cold storm was moving in Friday evening and a little over two hours between assignments, a fortuitous tip led me to Pine Flat Road in NE Sonoma County in search of snow. Well I found the snow, but no people. In absentia, fire [...]

It's all about La Nina this year.  It has to be.  Sunsets around here have been absolutely stunning this fall, more so than previous years. Okay, maybe  I'm fictionalizing it a little bit. Could it be true that the ENSO (El Niño/La Niña-Southern Oscillation) cycle plays a part in the [...]

Crab season is underway.... -Kent Porter

I've seen photos of a jetliner passing by the moon in the daytime. Came close Tuesday, alas, it did not pass through the moon's influence. Oh well. -Kent Porter

I've been working the desk the last couple of days, but had a chance to shoot Friday. My last Frame the Day pic was a house fire on Manka Circle in Larkfield. Today it's the aftermath and reaction from good samaritan's in our county. -Kent Porter

Random car jumping in Oakland Friday night. Several protesters damaged windshields, car hoods and automobile roofs. Over 150 people were arrested during the march. -Kent Porter 2010

While heading home with a bout of whatever flu/cold is going around, a house fire toned out over the scanner, prompting a reporting detour.  Rincon Valley, Santa Rosa and Windsor firefighters were called to the scene and were able to keep the fire to the garage and attic [...]