Our small community has been inundated with the manure and the odors coming from Smith Brothers.

We are all farmers, in fact my dad and brothers are in the dairy business. But the amount of manure and the stench that comes from Smith Brothers is unnatural and out of control.

After so many years of unfulfilled promises to the community to reduce their stench, we are thrilled to have specific commitments in writing. We hope to see big improvements soon so we can have our windows open again.

There's a large online community that I have been active in.

A lot of local merchants come out as sponsors or are donating items. Everyone in the community is welcome.

[In 2003 the brothers learned that community college students with high GPAs could apply to transfer into the UC system. Angelo went first, to UCLA, where he will graduate this spring. Josh followed in his footsteps to UCLA this fall. Daniel decided to head north. Leaving his brothers in Los Angeles was hard, but] UC Berkeley has always held a special attraction for me, ... It has such a storied history, and I like how the university looks at the world from a humanitarian and activist viewpoint. It also has a good history department.