They weren’t completely surprised.

It had been three days and the researchers at the Alutiiq Pride Shellfish Hatchery in Seward had seen signs they were close to their goal.

The male red sea cucumbers were spawning already, induced by water, light and temperature manipulations conducted by Charlotte Regula-Whitefield and hatchery director Jeff Hetrick.

ANCHORAGE (AP) - A gay pride parade in downtown Anchorage on Saturday was canceled after a convertible carrying the grand marshal fatally struck a man, authorities said.

Anchorage police Lt. Dave Parker said the 50-year-old man who was killed was participating in the Celebrating Diversity Parade. He said the car accelerated and ran over the man just minutes after the parade scheduled for 11 a.m. started.

Officers "immediately started CPR, but were not able to revive him," Parker said. "He was declared deceased at the scene."

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly took action Tuesday to add thousands of streams to the anadromous stream habitat protection district.

At its regular Tuesday meeting, the assembly approved, 7-2, ordinance 2011-12, which will expand the borough’s anadromous stream habitat protection district to almost all anadromous streams in the borough, save for the Seward-Bear Creek Flood Service area.