Sunrise 6:53 am: Golden outlook despite the gloom

The change to daylight savings time means more to the Dawn Joggers than losing an hour's sleep. It plunges them back into darkness. They remember glorious bright April mornings when the time change used to come at the end of the month rather than the beginning. And they dread next year when it will start in March.

Despite the time change and grey skies that signaled more rain to come, all was not gloom. The poppies showed off with eager, wide-open faces, undoubtedly smiling at the thought of the Giants season opener tomorrow afternoon and the possibility of a twelfth national basketball championship for UCLA tomorrow evening. Go Bruins.