Good morning and welcome to another photo adventure from Sunrise Santa Cruz. Saturday was a wild and crazy weather day here on the central coast as we had rainbows in the early morning, hail in the late morning and an unusual sky at dusk. I took the first photo around 8 am at Natural Bridges as a rainbow was fading over the ocean while another was popping up in the northern sky. I shot it reflecting over the water at Antonelli’s Pond. March has a long history of great rainbows here in Santa Cruz. The third shot was taken from the wharf in the early afternoon as the rain clouds moved in and out. It was opening day of the new season at the Boardwalk and the visitors got quite a show. The sky changed more often this day than Bush has reasons for our still occupying Iraq.

On a day of unusual weather I always look to see what the sky looks like at sunset because something interesting is bound to happen. When I got down to Steamer Lane there were these incredible clouds lined up to the east over the wharf and ocean. When they changed color Monterey Bay just lit up with a orange and pinkish hue. I hadn’t seen those kind of colors since the flashing stage lights at Woodstock when Sly and the Family Stone sang their classic “I Want To Take You Higher.”

So here’s my favorite story from last week. A 8-year-old boy with dreams of becoming a judge has passed a law school entrance exam, shocking Brazil’s legal profession and prompting a federal investigation. The Universidade Paulista, a private university, issued a statement acknowledging that Jaoa Victor Portellinha de Oliveira had passed the entrance exam and that they initially enrolled him. But he was turned away from classes when he showed up with his father carrying a SpongeBob lunch box.

The school said the fifth-grader has to first graduate from high school, rebel against his parents and lose all of his baby teeth before he can enter the university. The university said one of its employees erred in accepting Joao Victor’s enrollment and said it will return his fees to the family along with a new baseball glove, Red Sox hat and an order of garlic fries. Hey, it’s not really anyone’s fault-blame it on Rio.

The boy’s mother, Maristela, told the UOL news website “I think they should have been more considerate. At least they should have allowed him to visit the college’s facilities. And they should have thrown in a couple of bats.” The Brazilian Bar Association said the boy’s achievement should be a warning about the low standards of some of the nation’s law schools. Education Minister Fernando Haddad expressed concern and ordered an immediate investigation, cheeseburger and a small coke.

Jaoa Victor is two grade levels ahead of normal for his age but his mother says he’s not a cloistered genius. “He is a regular boy. He is very dedicated, likes to read and study and split atoms, but he has fun and makes friends and does their taxes.” Jaoa says, “My dream is to be a federal judge. So I decided to take the test and see how I would do. It was easy. I studied a week before the test.”

In Brazil, each university administers its own test, and the exams from the private institutions are usually considered to be easier than those of the public universities, which are free and attract more candidates. As for Jaoa, he’s says he’s over the disappointment and just wants to go back to being a regular 8-year-old kid. So he’s going to take a couple of weeks off before spending a few days boning up for the medical school entrance exam. You know, just to stay sharp.

That’s the Monday experience. Join us for some color on orchid Wednesday. And congrats to the Houston Rockets. They beat Kobe Bryant and the Lakers yesterday for the 22nd win in a row. The NBA, where amazing salaries happen. See ya.