By JIM SCHULTZ, Scripps Howard News Service

SOTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. -- Skedded, national 350.Li'l Smokey will soon be broadcast live on the Internet.The injured American black bear cub who gained international fame after his rescue last month from the embers of a Shasta County, Calif. wildfire will soon have a webcam to complement his new blog.

REDDING, Calif. -- With the face of an angel, Tera Lynn Smith still continues to haunt residents of northern California.It was 10 years ago this month that the former Central Valley High School homecoming princess disappeared into the unknown.Smith, who was 16 when she vanished Aug. 22, 1998, may be gone, but she's not forgotten.

With two Purple Hearts, a Silver Star and a Bronze Star to his credit, Milt Staley might have a hard time convincing people he's not a hero. Staley's light weapons platoon landed on Utah Beach only a few hours after the initial D-Day assault, and corpses littered the beach as German snipers and enemy artillery continued to attack U.S. and Allied troops.

REDDING, Calif. -- Robert Burroughs, who served two tours in Iraq, has long collected military memorabilia.He has enough stuff to fill a small museum.So it seems only natural that the 45-year-old Cottonwood, Calif., man would want to show off some of his prized possessions.

ANDERSON, Calif. -- Little Ricky Kahler loved trains.Every time the toddler saw one, his mother said, he would get excited and shout "too-too."Not yet 2 when he drowned in a tragic pool accident in 1988, he was too young to say "choo-choo," she said.