A salt pond at the Cargill Salt Company, on Thursday, June 26, 2010. The company is planning to shut down all operations next year.
An inmate in the Choices program works on an art project at the Maguire Correctional Facility in Redwood City, Calif., on Friday, Oct 7, 2010. Choices is a program for incarcerated men and women that addresses problems with substance abuse, poverty, low self-esteem and poor health. The Choices program is sponsored by the San Mateo County Health Services Agency and the San Mateo County Sheriff.
Thuuz CEO Warren Packard with some of his sports memorabilia in his office in Palo Alto, Calif. on Thursday Nov. 29, 2012. Packard. After more than a decade as managing partner at Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Packard left venture capital to run a start-up. Palo Alto based Thuuz claims it's developed an algorithm that can determine how exciting a given sports broadcast is, then alert users via mobile phone where to catch the action.(John Green/Staff)