Ivy, rosemary, things like that. Just in case. Grape production overall is up because of a long, hot season. Some people here are concerned about a rising public hysteria. Not true, say the experts.
Ocean life shifts Changes off the California coast already are significant.
Warm-water species have replaced them. Mahi mahi have been spotted outside San Francisco Bay, one thousand miles north of their usual range. Last month, two fishermen off Westport, Wash., pulled in a 104-pound striped marlin, a species that rarely strays north of San Diego. The ocean is so warm that the Monterey Bay Aquarium on the central California coast had to bring in new refrigeration units to chill the sea water piped through its octopus tanks. Otherwise, the octopi would lose their enzyme systems and die.