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Last August, local high school students came together to form the nonprofit organization Meep Shows, an acronym for "More Empowering Events Please." The group of 12 is composed of youth from Garden Grove to Irvine to Long Beach. As people of color and those who identify as LGBTQ, they bonded over the racism and homophobia they encountered growing up in Orange County. In November, they hosted their first event, an Abolish ICE music festival, and raised $4,000 for Border Kindness, a humanitarian aid organization that helps asylum seekers and refugees. Less than a year later, in the aftermath of the unjust death of George Floyd at the hand of Minneapolis police, they hosted a protest in Santa Ana on Sunday that attracted hundreds, and a second one in Garden Grove on Wednesday that the Garden Grove Police Department estimates attracted between 3,000 to 4,000 people. "There was so much misinformation going around, people saying that we're Antifa," said Meep's Ni...

Memorials in three of the city's major parks were hit with graffiti and vandalism Sunday night after tensions mounted between demonstrators and police following a day of mostly peaceful protest marches that wound through Boston. According to the Friends of the Public Garden, a nonprofit that advocates for Boston Common, the Public Garden, and the Commonwealth Avenue Mall, monuments and sculptures in all three public parks were defaced during a night of violence that lasted into the early morning hours Monday. Liz Vizza, the group's executive director, said 11 sites were damaged — four on Boston Common, six in the Public Garden, and one along the Commonwealth Avenue Mall. One of the memorials targeted by vandals was the Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment Memorial, which was unveiled 123 years ago Sunday and depicts a pioneering group of Black soldiers marching into battle during the Civil War. "Peaceful protest on #BostonCommon demanding racial justice. Hard to see leg...

With a protest expected in Garden Grove on Wednesday, the city is declaring a two-night curfew, beginning tonight at 6 p.m. Residents are to stay off any public street, sidewalk, park or other public place from 6 p.m. to 5 a.m. both Tuesday and Wednesday, and businesses remain closed. "We are asking for the public's cooperation in following the curfew orders so we can ensure the safety of our community, our businesses, and our first responders," Garden Grove City Manager Scott Stiles wrote on the city's website. Exempt from the curfew are people traveling to and from work, seeking or giving medical care, emergency responders, people who are homeless, and members of the news media. A flyer circulating on social media announced "a peaceful protest" in Garden Grove beginning with a march at 4 p.m. Wednesday outside City Hall. Seeing other demonstrations turn violent, business owners on Main Street took precautions and boarded up their storefronts with...

Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., told "The Story" Monday that he opposed Black Entertainment Television founder Robert Johnson's call for paying $14 trillion in slavery reparations to African-Americans, saying such payments would likely lead to "more eruptions." "I don't think reparations help level the playing field, it might help more eruptions on the playing field," Scott said. Johnson had told "Special Report"earlier Monday evening that taxpayer-funded reparations would help end the riots and looting that have overtaken cities across America following the death of George Floyd. JOHNSON CALLS FOR SLAVERY REPARATIONS TO STOP RIOTS "I don't think reparations is the right approach to it," Scott responded. "Perhaps one of the most important, I guess paths forward is looking back," he added. "Looking, understanding, and appreciating the drastic occurrence, the challenges that have been faced by so many African-Americans ...

As the season warms, the pansy fades. What to do? Welcome the zinnia to your garden party! The colorful and hardy zinnia is no shrinking violet. It's the belle of the ball. A summer flower garden requires plants with three basic elements: ease of propagation, heat and drought tolerance, and dazzling color. The zinnia fits the bill. Zinnias love heat. Planting when the nighttime temperatures are still below 60 degrees does not please the zinnia. It's best to postpone sowing seeds until the soil has consistently warmed. In Central Virginia, zinnia seeds can be planted in late May, late June, and even late July. The zinnia is one of the easiest and most satisfying flowers to grow. It's considered an annual, meaning that it goes from seed to flower to seed quickly or in one growing season. Annuals grow from seed or reseed themselves every year. Unlike perennials, the zinnia doesn't need several seasons to establish itself. The seedlings can...

Sheltering at home, the Darwinian Gardener is spending more time observing the natural world around him. And he doesn't always like what he sees. The Darwinian Gardener was pleased when the rain started. It had been a dry spring and walking on his lawn was beginning to feel and sound like treading on cornflakes. But, as it always does, the rainy days returned. And plants in his yard that days before seemed like mere weeds blossomed into wildflowers. A nice effect. But wait, who is this man who considers his lawn as something largely beyond his control. And indeed, something that's not even his job. The Darwinian Gardener is Florida's foremost exponent of survival-of-the-fittest lawn-and-garden care. He's not there to create a green carpet on a lot that eons ago was a sand dune on a shoreline. He's at home with the geology the came with the place. And now that many of us are forced to stay near our yards more than usual, it's an excellent time to ...

© Photo courtesy of Travel Wisonsin Barbara Hepworth's "Sea Foam Atlantic" at Lynden Sculpture Garden The Lynden Sculpture Garden, located off Brown Deer Road in Milwaukee, will reopen June 1 for free, socially distanced walking.  Executive director Polly Morris said Lynden was "anxious to share what we have here with the community," expressing hope that visitors could draw solace from the garden's synthesis of art and nature.  Lynden owns over 50 sculptures scattered across 40 acres of land. Typically, the garden charges nonmembers for admission, but Morris said due to contagion risks associated with ticket sales, these fees are temporarily waived. Lynden continues to accept new paid memberships.  Get daily updates on the Packers during the season. Prioritizing safety, Lynden will keep restrooms and its main administrative building closed for now. Visitors are also asked to wear cloth masks, avoi...