UC Berkeley botanical garden welcomes back public with dazzling super bloom localnewsmatters.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from localnewsmatters.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Uc Botanical Garden Features Colorful South African Super Bloom
Bay City News Service
FacebookTwitterEmail
Bay City News Foundation
The University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley has reopened to the public with a special attraction, a Southern African Super Bloom consisting of plants from South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana, and Namibia. Thousands of yellow, purple, orange, fuchsia and white flowers have created a blanket of vibrant colors.
Director Emeritus Dr. Paul Licht called the display the best he s seen in more than 30 years with the garden.
But garden officials advise not waiting because the blooming condition is only expected to last about two weeks.
STATELINE, Nev. While a redevelopment agency approved to help fund a Stateline event center will disappear as of Jan. 1, its $1.3 million ghost will continue to haunt Douglas County.
Voters decided to eliminate the district after a petition placed an initiative on the ballot.
Slightly a week after the petition was certified, county commissioners approved a contract with the Tahoe Douglas Visitors Authority providing $34.25 million to build the center.
At their Dec. 17 meeting, county commissioners were told that bonds have been sold as a result of the action and preliminary construction has begun.
“From a legal standpoint, legislative action generally cannot impair a pre-existing contractual obligation,” Deputy District Attorney Zach Wadlé said. “But at the same time, no other redevelopment area and no tax increment can be collected beyond what’s required.”