San Diego County (Vista)
VISTA — “Do you feel like the bear or the fish?” Such is the question Judge Blaine K. Bowman occasionally shares with lawyers once a trial or hearing has adjourned. His courtroom walls are adorned with pictures of landscapes and wildlife he took as a professional photographer. One image shows the moment a grizzly catches a salmon out of Brooks Falls in Alaska.
The interview took place in his office, but it’s on the bench where t... (continued)