...laboratory and food bank over the years, Alvarez said. In the early 1990s it became the Montessori schoolhouse, full of bright paint. "Children should be free of criticism or quantitative grading," Alvarez said. "They should be free to learn...

...of paint ball crime are occasionally reported - vehicles shot at, drive-by attacks, and buildings marked with the bright paint splatters. ``It's an occasional problem. The majority of people who use paint balls use them very respectfully...

...of paint ball crime are occasionally reported - vehicles shot at, drive-by attacks, and buildings marked with the bright paint splatters. ``It's an occasional problem. The majority of people who use paint balls use them very respectfully...

...paintings bring the intimate, minute details of blossoms to canvas. "I really like color," she said. "I love bright paint." Hansen started out as a chemistry and science teacher in Los Angeles, and at one point in the 1970s she was the...