Paleontologist Ashley Poust, a post-doctoral researcher at San Diego Natural History Museum, holds the 42-million-year-old fossilized jawbone of the newly discovered Diegoaelurus, or “San Diego’s cat.” For comparison, behind him is the skull of the much-larger Smilodon or saber-toothed cat from the more recent Pleistocene era. A newly discovered saber-toothed catlike predator that hunted in the forests and coastal areas of this region 42 million years ago has been given the name Diegoaelurus, or “San Diego’s cat,” the San Diego Natural History Museum announced Tuesday, March 15. The discovery of Diegoaelurus — which is now the earliest known cat-like predator in North America west of the Rocky Mountains — was…

Paleontologist Ashley Poust holds the 42-million-year-old fossilized jawbone of the newly discovered Diegoaelurus. Behind him is the skull of the much larger Smilodon, or saber-toothed cat, from the more recent Pleistocene era. SAN DIEGO — A newly discovered saber-toothed catlike predator that hunted in the forests and coastal areas of this region 42 million years ago has been given the name Diegoaelurus, or “San Diego’s cat,” the San Diego Natural History Museum announced today. The discovery of Diegoaelurus — which is now the earliest known cat-like predator in North America west of the Rocky Mountains — was unveiled this morning in PeerJ, an international open-access science journal. The discovery was…

Josh Galant with trays of piroshki, the family business for 25 years. (Photo/Alix Wall) Galant Food Co. is donating 100 percent of all proceeds from the sales of its Paramount Piroshki through March 25 to the International Society of the Red Cross to support the agency’s work in Ukraine. The Galants are originally from Odessa. We wrote about the family in July 2021 , describing how Mayer and Clara Galant took over Paramount Piroshki in 1995 from the Greek immigrant couple who started it in 1956, and how it is now run by son Len Galant, his wife and their adult children. “Just trying to do a little something to…

Sandra Razieli officiated Teva Goldstein’s bat mitvah in Maui, Dec. 2021. (Anna Kim Photography) ( JTA ) — Feeling the sand between her toes was Teva Goldstein’s favorite part of her December 2021 bat mitzvah on the island of Maui. She and her family all wore white, accessorized with purple leis. The beach in Hawaii was nearly 4,000 miles from her home in Dallas, another thousand miles from where she had lived for most of her life in Maryland. Yet her family had chosen it to mark her bat mitzvah, the moment when she would symbolically assume adulthood among the Jewish people. The path to the beach was long and…

Art has the power to do many things. It can inspire us. It can spark conversation. It can transport us to different worlds. This Friday, March 11, the participants in the Sun Valley Gallery Walk will open doors across downtown Ketchum, displaying exquisite art for the public. At two new exhibitions in town, featured artists are using painting and photography as a vessel to unpack their own childhoods. Decades later, the presence of parents looms large. 300×250 image ad Linda Christensen’s collection “Solace” is on display at the Gail Severn Gallery. ”Solace,” Linda Christensen’s collection of emotive figures, will show at the Gail Severn Gallery. The work is inspired by…

We photographers generally have long lists of projects we want to do and then we have our bucket list items — those things we can only hope we someday get a chance to shoot. As a nature and landscape photographer , the big three on my bucket list were the Subway at Zion, Fly Geyser, and Yosemite’s Firefall. It took a while, but I got to the Subway with a couple of photographer friends, and a year or two later a friend and I both made it to Fly Geyser. But Firefall was always a tough egg for me to crack. Would the weather be right? Would it be worth…

At Solvang’s Lincourt Vineyards, guests can enjoy views of the estate vineyard during their seated tastings on the patio. (Lincourt Vineyards) Looking for something fun to do this spring in wine country? Here are more than 50 wine tasting events, festivals and more. (Just make sure you call or double check before you go. In the pandemic era, everything is subject to change.) Abbot’s Passage Winery and Mercantile: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday through Monday, 777 Madrone Road, Glen Ellen. Explore our tasting room, mercantile, garden, and games. abbotspassage.com/ Acumen PEAKeasy Champagne Room: Acumen Napa Valley, which is known for its Atlas Peak wines, has just opened a speakeasy-inspired Champagne lounge…