The reason for the occasionally discolored water flow in Permanente Creek is subject to speculation at the moment. But whatever the cause, resident JoAnne Matthews would like to see the problem addressed.

“The creek wraps around our property,” said Matthews, who has lived at her Quail Meadow Road location with her husband, Jim, since 1981. “It’s an integral part of how we live our lives.”

Two days after the St. Francis High boys basketball team beat Rocklin in the Northern California Division II quarterfinals, the Thunder’s coach may have helped the Lancers defeat Oakmont in Saturday’s semifinals.

“The Rocklin coach did a good job firing us up,” said St. Francis standout Tyler Johnson, referring to a quote from Steve Taylor published in Saturday’s Sacramento Bee. “He said, ‘They’re not as good as we thought they were.’ He was dissing us. That was motivation for us.”

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There aren’t too many people 85 years old still making the rounds at the workplace. Most might be happily retired, participating in hobbies they never had time for while working.

Los Altos resident Catherine Athans, Ph.D., has published “Just Imagine” (Angels Island Press, 2010), a pocket-sized book she said is designed “to inspire that special someone to live a fuller, more romantic, passionate life.”

Filled with thoughts on how to activate the imagination and accompanied by colorful and whimsical illustrations, the New Age, motivational book attempts to show readers the power of the imagination and provides insight on why using the imagination is vital to a person’s existence, Athans said.