http://www.wvec.com/blogs/profiles/borba.js: October 2007 Archives

I'll admit I have a sweet tooth. A big one. One of my earliest memories is helping my grandmother make white-fudge for Christmas. Now that I'm a "grown-up", I can't indulge my craving for sugar. Except on Halloween.

>> Continue reading: Call it Black Thursday....because the sugar crash is coming tomorrow.

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The video coming into the WVEC newsroom from the fires in Southern California has been nothing short of spectacular. You've seen it too; the towering columns of smoke, homes turning to ash, and hillsides ablaze in a sea of red and orange. It's not easy to shoot video like that. It's a testament to how hard working (and often foolhardy) the photographers and reporters on the ground are.

>> Continue reading: Reporting on the Fire Line

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I love shoes. I own more pairs of candy-colored, strappy, peep-toed and sky-high pumps and sandals than I can wear in a month. But, this blog is not about those shoes. It's about my hunt for work-appropriate footwear.

>> Continue reading: Work A Mile in My Shoes

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Sitting here in Hampton Roads, it's difficult for me to watch the unbelievable video of the wildfires ripping through my home state. I haven't been able to tear myself away from the television coverage (Tuesday night's 20/20 special "California Burning" was an excellent piece of journalism) I was born and raised in Central California, but have lived all across the state....from Southern California and for the past 4 years....fa...

>> Continue reading: California Wildfires - Worrying about home

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The recent stories of people in Hampton Roads, particularly the elderly, being duped by a man offering to pour concrete driveways, but leaving loose gravel really bother me.

>> Continue reading: On Rocks and Relatives

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So often in this business, I feel as though I explore the negative and unfortunate elements of childhood -- drugs, guns and assaults. Friday however, I had the absolute pleasure of meeting Myreon Pierce and introduce you to a teen who stood up in a time of crisis and pitched in.

>> Continue reading: High School Hot Shot

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