What better way to discover the fascinating lives and habitat of birds than to see, touch and hear about it first hand. On Sunday the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Gardens hosted its Annual Family Bird Fest in Claremont.

Third Street Wine Shop is the newest addition to the University of La Verne retail community, offering a respite from the usual bar experience.

The iTunes app store is close to 25 billion downloads. One billion apps are being downloaded from the Android market every 30 days. Mobile apps are an emerging market with no end in sight.

The celebration of Fat Tuesday was not only in Louisiana, but also at the University of La Verne where the Campus Activities Board held a Mardi Gras celebration.

Alyssa and Stefanie Geiger, fraternal twins, sanitize test tubes for lab classes in the biology stockroom Wednesday.

Campus and community events for the week of Feb. 24, 2012.

Families and friends got a taste of the past when they came together to be part of La Verne’s orange picking tradition in one of the city’s oldest preserved groves Saturday at Heritage Park.

Interim Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Jonathan Reed endures the light rain crossing through the Johnson Family Plaza Wednesday.

Making their first appearance at the LeoVille club fair the Student Philanthropy Fellowship club is devoted to giving back to the students of the campus.

Campus and community events for the week of Feb. 17, 2012.