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My ex-gf from northern California, who most of the drum corps people on my Facebook friends list know, used to pick fights with me over how southern California stole northern California's water. At the time, we'd both been out of California for at least 10 years. That's how strong the feelings are about this issue.  At least those were play fights ( Read more... )

Following posted as a comment on Daily Kos. All links to the Los Angeles Times.

Flooding risk rises as rainfall continues through Wednesday

On Sunday into Monday, about 1.5 to 3 inches of precipitation is expected to fall on the coast and valleys, said Stuart Seto, weather specialist with the National Weather Service office in Oxnard.

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Crossposted to obama_2008. I might submit an expanded version to ontd_political.

All of this coverage is from the Los Angeles Times.  Links to the sources in the headlines.

In USC speech, Obama urges 37,500 Democratic voters to 'fight on'
With 11 days to go before the tightly contested midterm elections, the president gives a pep talk to college students, union ( Read more... )

San Jose Mercury News: Volunteers join global 10-10-10 activists to combat global warming
By Sharon Noguchi

At San Jose State, students framed solar panels for an experimental zero-emissions house. In Milpitas, advocates talked up "personal rapid transit" that promises to provide efficient, 24-hour-a-day transportation networks. And in East Palo ( Read more... )

Last month, I described how I grew up with one of the members of The Runaways. The month before that I summarized my little sister's experiences with quite a few Hollywood people. This month, my mom mentioned two people from my high school days who have show business connections.

The first is Steven Hirsch, who was in my little sister's grade, ( Read more... )

Crossposted to the_recession.

L.A. Times: Running from the recession
By Baxter Holmes

Your foot strikes the ground about 1,500 times when running a mile. It strikes the ground about 39,300 times when running 26.2 of them. That's called a marathon, for which you need both training and a routine.

For 10 years, Michael Ward had a routine: Up at 4 a.m., breakfast, ( Read more... )