Country Living

I've mentioned it to some before, but the only way I'd living outside of the city (never a suburb) is if I could have a goat. My father used to tell me stories of his uncle's old goat Clarence. I've found that goats have a lot of personality and guess what, they're useful, too!

Leaders of the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency hired 100 goats to nibble away thick weeds on a steep slope at the corner of 4th and Hill streets, next to the Angels Flight funicular.

Agency officials said the goats were cheaper and more environmentally friendly than two-legged brush-clearers armed with gasoline-powered weed-whackers.