LA Times (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
Rain could lead to some muddy fields for the City Section quarterfinal games, which should benefit San Fernando. With rain expected to fall Tuesday, there could be some muddy fields for Wednesday's City Section quarterfinal games, and one team that should benefit most is San Fernando, which plays at Woodland Hills Taft.
Last Blog On Earth (Free subscription) | 11/22/2008
Those of us who surf the San Diego beaches, by which I mean OB, PB, and La Jolla, may have noticed that this was one crappy month for waves. Normally by now we can count on at least a couple of decent wave days, but lately, no surge. Practically everyday, the dude from Wavewatch.com on [...]
ChooseTheHero.com (Free subscription) | 11/21/2008
Court Allows Sex Offenders to Live Near Schools California Prop 83 hits the legal wall we expected A 2006 Ballot Proposition in California titled “Jessica’s Law” (Prop 83) was just ruled unconstitutional in California by the Fourth District Court of Appeals in Santa Ana. Prop 83 prohibits registered sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of any school or park, [...]
Los Angeles Times (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
The Freeway Complex fire moved so fast that a truck heading to protect homes soon after the blaze started had to be diverted to save colleagues in peril. When firefighters square off against a blaze, there can come a moment when the enemy gains control, when the combination of wind and flame and tinder overmatches the hoses.
USA Today (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
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Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
The Chino Hills evacuation order is lifted. Officials are keeping tabs on the weather, but the Tea fire is 95% contained; Sayre fire, 70%; and Freeway Complex fire, 75%. Winds remained calm today and the air started to clear, allowing firefighters to make more headway against wildfires that have burned through Southern California.
bubbleinfo.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
The purpose for running contests here is to shine the spotlight on specific market checkpoints. Recent sales have been spectacular, given the economic environment. No one is suggesting a ‘bottom’, there will be plenty of squishdown ahead. But I’ve said in the past that if we can make it through a fourth quarter without a 10% drop in [...]
LA Times (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
Chino Hills evacuation order is set to be lifted at 10 a.m. Officials are keeping tabs on the weather, but the Tea fire is 95% contained; Sayre fire, 70%; and Freeway Complex fire, 60%. Winds remained calm today and the air started to clear, allowing firefighters to make more headway against wildfires that have burned through Southern California.
Serving Bread (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
Copyright © 2008 Eddy E. Visit the original article at http://www.servingbread.net/2008/11/17/la-is-burning.On Friday night, we began smelling smoke outside and we quickly learned that a wildfire had broken out in Sylmar (about 10 miles away). On Saturday, the dry (Santa Ana) winds continued to blast through the Valley, filling the atmosphere with smoke and ash. Though [...] ShareThis
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
Orange County authorities say 113 homes were destroyed by the Freeway Complex fire in Yorba Linda. Residents there and at the Oakridge Mobile Home Park in Sylmar return to survey the damage. Calm winds delivered a much-needed respite Monday to exhausted firefighters and gave them the chance to gain the upper hand on wildfires still burning throughout Southern California.
Pop + Politics (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
I couldn’t stay away from the window the other night. The gold full moon was so ethereal, so bizarre, it reminded me of the kind of moon you read about in fairy tales. Yesterday, the sun looked like a giant grapefruit. By dusk, it had added that coral-orange shade to a sky so colorful it resembled [...]
Firefighter Blog (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
Twenty four thousand evacuees are heading home as firefighters put final touches on the 20,000 plus acre Santa Ana winds fire event. The 3,600 firefighters summoned to the scene will take advantage of today's calm winds and (somewhat) milder temperatures to douse hot spots and patrol for wayward flames. Officially 23,700 acres have burned between Corona and Diamond Bar in Orange County. Sixty homes...
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
Three major fires continue to burn in Southern California Monday as fire crews take advantage of weakening winds to gain a foothold against the blazes.
Out Gay Life (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
Just Thursday, Southern California was acting out a major natural disaster simulation as it tested the state’s preparedness for a devastating earthquake. Then Friday night, the fires started. As of Monday morning, the LA Times reported that 26,000 people had been ordered to evacuate their homes in Orange County. Even Snoop Dogg’s fancy digs in Diamond [...]
LA Times (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
Bob Medina had wondered how he'd react if he were the guy facing disaster. If, all of a sudden, the danger wasn't abstract, if he wasn't reading about someone else in the paper or watching them on TV, but contemplating that this time he might be the victim.
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trymi | 11/12/2008
n2a Motors, a tutor builder out in Santa Ana, California, will demonstrate its latest creation, the Anteros, at the 2008 LA Auto Show next week. The Anteros utilizes the design cues of the 2009 Corvettes and highlights a body that it says is “reminiscent of iconic Italian designs,” reminding us of the Ferrari California.
legionofmarduk | 02/07/2008
Dressing room heating, climatization, hot water for taps and showers, all of these features, which help making the new Follo sports centre near the Ligurian town of La Spezia comfortable for its users will now be less of a stress for the planet and its atmosphere, thanks to the photovoltaic cells placed in the hundreds on its roofs and tilings...
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