"S" WORDS
Legally, it's defamation via speech
Slander
Do you know the way to this city, the seat of Santa Clara county? Many do, as it's California's 3rd-most populous city
San Jose
This Mark Twain character is "hated" by moms because he is "vulgar & bad" but "all their children admired him"
Huckleberry Finn
It's a heavy, slightly curved one-edged cavalry sword
Saber
Lying chiefly in Cali, this national park boasts the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere--282' below sea level
Death Valley
This Margaret Wise Brown children's classic about bedtime begins "In the great green room..."
Goodnight Moon
An elevated platform where executed criminals hang out
Scaffold
In 1980 nearly 104,000 fans caught Super Bowl 14 at this playhouse in Pasadena
The Rose Bowl
He illustrated "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" & "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?"
Eric Carle
Flags & arm position are crucial in this type of communication
Semaphore
Named for the trees that grew in its hills, this city is a few miles across the bay from San Francisco
Oakland
Discovered in 1993 an asteroid was named Besixdouze, an homage to this title character who lives on Asteroid B-612
The Little Prince
It can mean yielding sugar or being sappy & sentimental
Saccharine
This port city shares its name with the peninsula on which it's located
Monterey
Russell Hoban wrote 6 picture book stories about this little badger & her family
Frances