San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom, who's running in the 2010 California governor's race, has wasted no time in turning the unwanted revelation of his impending fatherhood to political gain. As if he planned to reveal it all along, Newsom casually Twittered that his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, was p...

The woman from Whittier who gave birth to octuplets this week already had six children but refused the option of reducing the number of embryos she was carrying, her mother said....

A baby weighing 14 pounds and two ounces 6.410 kg double the weight of the average newborn has been born in California....

The typical baby shower involves massive amounts of baby paraphernalia gifts that the soon-to-be mom often doesn’t really need. A friend of mine recently asked me to make a list of eco-friendly baby shower gift ideas. This list includes babywearing items, bpa-free bottles, teething toys, clothes, ...

Click To Play play_blip_movie_261505(); Egret Family on blip.tv Snowy Egret parents feed their chicks at the Baylands Nature Preserve in Palo Alto, California. Download: MPEG4 Video (.mp4)...

Click To Play play_blip_movie_257666(); Cliff Swallow Nests on blip.tv Cliff Swallows (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) have built a number of nests at the Baylands Nature Preserve visitor center in Palo Alto, California. Here's a still image of the nest on Flickr, and one of a baby who didn't make it. Dow...

A politician in California has drafted the "Tom Cruise bill."  The bill, which passed the Assembly on Thursday by a vote of 55 to 7 and is now headed to the State Senate, would ban the sale or distribution of ultrasound machines to anyone other than a licensed medical professional. The mea...

Its A Tail! Originally uploaded by Dawn Endico. Last January I got to see four elephant seal births. I was really lucky to see the first one. The mom was close to the surf, and pretty far from me. I had no idea that she was in labor and just happened to be looking out that direction when I caught a ...

Elephant Seal Pup Now on his own, an elephant seal pup is rebuffed as he tries to make friends. Taped at the elephant seal rookery at Point Piedras Blancas, near San Simeon California in February 2003. I think this pup had been recently weaned. I'm not sure if he wanted a replacement mom and a good ...