The house (l) on the corner of Lee and Queen Street which burned October 11, 2007, was originally a two room school house built in 1906. The building at the northeast corner of Lee and Queen streets that housed the first Shandon School in 1906 burned October 11, 2007. The building, originally a two- room school house, had been converted into a residence decades ago. More...

On August 23 and 30, four critically endangered Pan's box turtles were hatched at Riverbanks Zoo and Garden. This is the Zoo's second successful breeding of the rare turtle, which is nearly extinct in the wild due to heavy exploitation for the Chinese traditional medicine trade. More...