This afternoon was a good reminder to keep my Nomex fire equipment in my car. There was a grass fire on the Greenbelt near Quinn's Pond and the Clocktower apartments. Boise Fire Department firefighters got to it pretty quickly and were just mopping up by the time I got there. Someone on the scene offered me his cell phone photo for $5, but I declined and took my own.

Anyone's heart would go out to a guy like Richard Day. He was lost his job, and his health insurance, in the RV industry in November. In May, he was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. Unable to pay for the expensive treatment, liens were placed on his property and he was declared indigent. "That word bothers me more than anything," he said.

A cyclists is loaded into an ambulance after being struck by a car at the intersection of Franklin and Roosevelt on Monday afternoon. From the position of the car, it appeared that the vehicle was making a right turn onto Franklin from Roosevelt when it struck the cyclist.

Michelle Farley is led away in handcuffs from Ada County Court after being given 180 days in jail and 10 years probation as part of her sentence for her sexual relationship with a Borah High School student while she was a teacher at the school last year.

Hundreds brought their lawn chairs and coolers to the manicured grounds of the Idaho Botanical Garden for a relaxing evening with muscician and songwriter Steve Eaton and flute player Phil Garonzik. The concert was part of the Great Garden Escape concert series, which happens every Thursday at the garden through September 24.