Barry Dugar of Richmond helped distribute fruit tree saplings at the Richmond Greenway as part of Richmond's Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration. The nonprofit Self-Sustaining Communities, which operates an urban farm in Richmond, gave away 500 trees, including plum, peach, apricot and cherry varieties. (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)
House Speaker John Boehner joined a trio of Central Valley Republican congressmen in a cotton field near Bakersfield on Wednesday to throw his support behind a proposed bill to ease the drought's impact on farmers. But the plan is not without its critics, since it would roll back environmental measures that have been years in the making. (Sasha Khokha/KQED)
A time capsule discovered last week during the demolition of a Berkeley community church included a carefully wrapped 1875 family bible from one of the church's founding members, as well as temperance fliers written by the pastor. (Leonard Nielson/Berkeleyside)
In California, manicures are big business. Nail shops and other manicure services bring in billions of dollars nationwide. Nail artist Britney Tokyo gives friend and client Roxy Ferrari a manicure using a few decals, paint and charms. (Caitlin Esch/KQED)