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Talking kindly to plants and flowers helps them grow bigger, stay healthy and look pretty, and an unloving atmosphere can create an opposite reaction, said Richard Howell, who sometimes hooks plants to sensitive electronic monitors to see what they have to say.
April 5, 1987
High School Sports
A recent addition to Joe Howell’s Moorpark home is a spacious den that stands where foliage once nestled against the back door.
Oct. 6, 1989
Science & Medicine
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March 18, 2007
California
An Indiana man already facing charges in connection with having a car loaded with explosive chemicals, an illegal assault rifle and high capacity magazines — and who told authorities he was headed to the West Hollywood gay pride festival last weekend — has now been charged with molesting a girl in his home state.
June 16, 2016
An Indiana man who told Santa Monica police he was on his way to the L.A.
June 13, 2016
An Indiana man who police said was bound for the L.A.
June 14, 2016
Joe Howell, former Thousand Oaks High football coach, died Friday morning at UCLA Medical Center, a family spokesman said.
Nov. 27, 1994
Crime: Accused of attacking a passenger in August, he was found liable in a civil trial after previous incident.
April 27, 2001
An MTA bus driver was convicted Thursday of sexually assaulting a female passenger after a five-day trial that included testimony by a woman who won a civil verdict against the man 15 years ago for a similar attack.
May 4, 2001