DAVIS -- He is 79 and doesn't move quite as fast as in his salad days, but Sherman Stein still gets around Davis quite nicely, thank you, on his primary mode of transportation -- a rickety, one-speed bicycle.

SEATTLE -- Fifty years ago, fishermen were still shooting at Northwest killer whales they felt were eating too many salmon.

Here are whale-watching guidelines provided by the U.S. and Canadian governments:

PORTLAND, Ore. -- For the straight second year, the spring chinook salmon that normally leap by the thousands up the fish ladders of Bonneville Dam toward spawning grounds are virtually absent.