Articles by Julie Sheer

Our pets are treasured family members, so why not provide a special feeding and watering area just for them? If you have the space, built-in feeding stations in the kitchen, laundry room or mudroom are ideal places for pets to dine. The bowls can be p…

Wind-driven wildfires in Southern California have burned more than a quarter of a million acres, destroyed more than 800 homes and structures, and displaced nearly 100,000 people. The largest blaze is the Thomas Fire, in Ventura and Santa Barbara coun…

A black Labrador retriever named Mister is the seventh puppy raised by Michelle Chun at her home in Alhambra, California, for Guide Dogs for the Blind, a service dog organization based in San Rafael, California, that relies mostly on volunteers to beg…

Wildfires raging in Northern California have killed more than two dozen people and destroyed thousands of houses and commercial buildings. Thousands have evacuated their homes in fire zones centered in the wine regions of Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino and L…