INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. (AP) — Nevada wildlife officials have euthanized a black bear that entered an Incline Village condominium, saying the bruin posed a danger to the public.

Dan Crownover made a habit of feeding the cats that wandered around Epic Plastics on Turner Road — with his superiors' permission — before and after each eight-hour shift he worked. It's a 5-acre property, with lots of pipe storage and a car part junkyard next door. That makes for plenty of nooks and crannies for feral cats to find shelter.

She radiates confidence and sex appeal. Her long hair — always fiery red with subtle waves hanging around her shoulders — is her signature. Sometimes she appears frivolous and carefree, her body wrapped around a wine bottle with that wide red smile. Other times, she is contemplative; lying at the edge of the Lodi Lake with a glass of purple wine in her hand and strappy heels on her feet.

Last July, the News-Sentinel reprinted an article from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution about a Georgia woman, Lauri Jo Bennett, who had capitalized on her talent for making fruit and pepper jellies by selling them online. Although I normally don’t get too excited about sugary fruit concoctions, I do enjoy canning and spent a little time producing various versions of her recipe. Lauri Jo called for blueberries but noted that other fruits worked as well. I produced a peach-habanero, using red and yellow bell peppers and one habanero, which we really like; surprisingly, it’s pretty mild. I then made the batch of blueberry, but a low-sugar version; I used jalapeños and green bells. Again, very tasty. For a low or no-sugar adjustment, follow the directions on jars of low-sugar pectin; it will make about half of the finished product-perfect if you don’t use much jam or jelly, anyway, and the flavor is still quite good. Last week, I put up another batch. The current fruit of choice, obviously, is strawberries; every street corner in the valley has a stand open right now. This time, I used orange and yellow bell peppers and red jalapeños-double the chiles, as a matter of fact, just to see if the heat factor kicked in. It didn’t really have any more heat but the flavor was even better. Below, I list Lauri Jo’s proportions; feel free to add or subtract hot chiles, as you see fit. Change up the bell pepper colors and/or use cider vinegar. I’m waiting for my purple bell to put forth its first pepper for the next batch of jelly (maybe Blackberry-Thai Chile!) Otherwise, it’s her recipe. Be very sure to follow all manufacturer’s directions for the canning process, especially if you are new to the method or have not canned in years. If you do make a change to the vinegar, make sure that it has 5 percent acidity listed on the label. I am always interested in new, completely different uses for familiar ingredients; at the moment, I am trying combinations that take the innocent strawberry in different directions. So, I have a bruschetta topping that I found in a seasonal magazine but have tweaked a bit. This one really needs no formal list, just the basic ingredients added in quantities that suit you: toasted rounds sliced from a French baguette, sliced strawberries, quartered grape tomatoes, minced red onion, fresh basil leaves; slivered, one eight-ounce container of cubed peaches (look in the refrigerated produce section), drained, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, sugar (small amount), sea salt and freshly ground black pepper. The original recipe calls for goat cheese, spread on the toasted, cooled rounds of bread, then topped with the fruit mixture. Cream cheese is a good substitute. So, on to the jelly:

Julia Child was known for saving a cooking disaster by sprinkling some powdered sugar on it, sticking it under the broiler for a few minutes and then calling it a masterpiece. Even after her death, Child’s spirit is making things better; this time, her name is helping to save Galt’s school libraries.

(NAPSI)—You don’t have to be Mallory Hagan to look like Miss America—or, at any rate, to dress like her.

French Camp livestock owners are on the alert after a pack of stray dogs — believed to be pit bulls — killed more than 200 goats in less than a week.

Between the hours of 8 a.m. Friday and 8 a.m. Monday, The Lodi Police Department received 431 calls for service. Below is a sample of those calls:

Living in America in 2013, one would think discrimination would be illegal, but it is not. I am talking about marriage.

Between the hours of 8 a.m. Wednesday and 8 a.m. Thursday the Lodi Police Department received 250 calls for service. Below is a sample of those calls.

In real life, Thomas Sanchez directs new business prospects for Waste Management in Lodi. In fiction, he is a police lieutenant called in to assist the FBI on an investigation.

Nothing is black and white about fashion trends, unless the trend is black and white fashion. From the streets of SoHo to the fast lanes of Los Angeles, to the downtown in every hometown in between, fashion stories are currently being told on polar ends of the gray scale: black and white blocks, herringbones, checks, prints, and the neutrals black and white make in tandem.

Between the hours of 8 a.m. Tuesday and 8 a.m. Wednesday, The Lodi Police Department received 126 calls for service. Below is a sample of those calls:

Between the hours of 8 a.m. Wednesday and 8 a.m. Thursday the Lodi Police Department received 144 calls for service. Below is a sample of those calls.

Between the hours of 8 a.m. Tuesday and 8 a.m. Wednesday the Lodi Police Department received 123 calls for service. Below is a sample of those calls.

Between the hours of 8 a.m. Wednesday to 8 a.m. Thursday, the Lodi Police Department received 139 calls for service. Below is a sample of those calls.

Between the hours of 8 a.m. Monday and 8 a.m. Tuesday, the Lodi Police Department received 170 calls for service. Below is a sample of those calls.

Between the hours of 8 a.m. Tuesday and 8 a.m. Wednesday the Lodi Police Department received 150 calls for service. Below is a sample of those calls.

When Mikala Bussey, 18, saw a headline about Bear Creek High School on the Yahoo.com homepage, she knew the story had gone viral.

I was sprawled in a tired heap on the cold cement floor of a drafty building in the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds.

Dear Readers: Last week, “Curious Reader” asked if mass shootings are the price of society’s insatiable appetite for media violence. A furious defense ensued from the male panelists (see our Jan. 19 column), who pointed to mentally disturbed individuals as the cause of mass shootings, not their games, movies and music, which they held sacrosanct.I agreed with the first part — and promised to talk this week about the inconvenient truth that massive childhood doses of virtual violence aren’t innocent either — and that they are causing previously unforeseen neuro-cognitive maladaptions and breakdown. — Lauren

Between the hours of 8 a.m. Tuesday and 8 a.m. Wednesday the Lodi Police Department received 146 calls for service. Below is a sample of those calls.

Between the hours of 8 a.m. Wednesday and 8 a.m. Thursday, the Lodi Police Department received 166 calls for service. Below is a sample of those calls.

Between the hours of 8 a.m. Friday and 8 a.m. Wednesday, the Lodi Police Department received 636 calls for service. Below is a sample of those calls.

I'm disgusted by the self-righteous letter written in regards to the "Rainbow Pride" float at the Lodi Parade of Lights. Let's get real. We need to all get over ourselves and learn to accept everyone no matter their beliefs, sexual preferences, skin color, religious practices or political allegiances. This judgmental, holier-than-thou attitude that any one of us is better than anyone else is detrimental to us as a society.