Free Willy and let him have a shot: A 32-foot fiberglass replica of a killer whale, brought in from Bellingham to scare away hundreds of sea lions that are lounging on the docks of Astoria, Oregon, capsized shortly after it was launched.
Two things you’ve probably never seen before: a sea lion laughing so hard that salmon comes out of its nose and real orca whales picketing because their jobs had been outsourced.
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Water, water nowhere: California Gov. Jerry Brown, whose state is in the midst of an extreme drought that grips 70 percent of the state, is urging his fellow Californians to limit their use of water by cutting back on drinking water and skipping showers. Brown, during a meeting with mayors in San Jose, said he didn’t shower that morning.
Brown, D-Ripe, also has ordered lawmakers in the California Assembly to model themselves after the 17th century court of France’s King Louis XIV, stop bathing all together, dose themselves in cologne and wear powdered wigs.
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Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1844, the Young Men’s Christian Association was founded in London.
It’s not widely known, but the founding members included a cowboy, an Indian, a motorcycle cop, a construction worker, a soldier and a guy with muttonchops in a leather jacket and chaps.
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