NewsWatch: Immigration (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
A long fence. Thousands of more boots on the ground. Increased surveillance. A lot of money and manpower has been thrown at the U.S.-Mexico border in recent years to stem the flow of illegal immigrants into America. Now the feds...
Maritime News (Free subscription) | 12/09/2009
Transocean Ltd. and Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc., the world’s biggest deepwater oil drillers, may face a drop in rig-rental revenue because of a glut of vessels that can operate in oceans two miles (3.2 kilometers) deep. The oversupply will develop in 2011 as rigs that drillers started building when oil prices surged to a record last year are completed, said Jud Bailey, an analyst at investment...
The Rad Report (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
Continuing on the theme of Cali-as-inspiration, Vampire Weekend have released another three minute aural ode on the Golden State. It even comes with gun shots. ' California English pt. 2 ' is the b-side to their recently released single ' Cousins '. The original ' California English ' is a song that will show up on their new disk ' Contra '. Make any sense here? Thanks to Pretty...
snarkolepsy (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
Two days ago it was sunny and warm. Three days from now they claim it will be down to 26 degrees. Which is not normal. Usually we just brush into the freezing stage. I sprayed all that plant cover crap on the stuff I didn't want to get effed up this year - but, I think at 26 degrees, the plants won't be saved by that stuff. Now I need to make another plan. Since we haven't had any rain since Oct, the...
BarryBlog (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Shiny Happy Geek TV Star, Cali Lewis Most of you know that I am a huge movie buff- the ideal Saturday night for me is to go to a movie, have dinner and then go to the movie again. One of my favorite movies of all time is The Graduate - especially where Mr. McGuire says to young Ben Braddock, “I want to say one word to you, just one word- PLASTICS”… That one word today on the internet would be...
cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
It's a case of "the more things change the more they stay the same" for Levi Leipheimer in 2010. The 36-year-old Leipheimer joins a new team and faces a Tour of California with a new calendar position and beefed-up parcours, but the three-time Tour of California winner draws comfort from the familiar faces on RadioShack and a steadfast confidence in his ability to deliver a...
The Atlanta Business Chronicle (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Wachovia Bank branches in California will become Wells Fargo Bank locations April 2010.
mmm-yoso!!! (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
... provide the stomach! So, with my marching orders in hand, here are some updated visits to Pho T Cali , Phuong Trang , and Convoy Noodle House . Before I get rolling, there's something I noticed with these places; first, the garnishes have dwindled, you'll need to request more basil, bean sprouts, etc......also, you'll never get Ngo Gai (culantro) delivered with your standard dish of garnishes....
HotGossip.com (Free subscription) | 12/09/2009
Jesse James will not be able to see his daughter on Christmas Eve. according to the court ruling made Tuesday afternoon. The Cali courts said that James daughter, who is being raised by he and Sandra Bullock must be with her mom on Christmas eve. This is in spite of the fact that 5-year-old [...]
Stock Market Analysis (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Corp. (S) Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (CMTL) Affymetrix Inc. (AFFX) China Auto Logistic Inc. (CALI) Liquidity Services, Inc. (LQDT) Gulfport Energy Corp. (GPOR) rue21, Inc. (RUE) Blockbuster Inc. (BBI) Netlist Inc. (NLST) Avanir Pharmaceuticals (AVNR) Focus Media Holding Ltd. (FMCN) Accuray Incorporated (ARAY) Hecla Mining Co. (HL) AeroVironment, Inc. (AVAV) Silver Standard Resources...
NYC Parks Daily Plant (Free subscription) | 12/09/2009
Rico Albacarys, a Park Supervisor in Queens, will serve his second deployment in Afghanistan at the beginning of 2010. In the following interview, he discusses his life as part-Parkie and part-soldier. Where are you from? I was born in Cali, Colombia and came to the US when I was 3 years old. I currently own a home in Jackson Heights with my wife Gloria and my two children Christian and Natalie....
Beauty And The Blog (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
... and thought you would too. And it also leaves me with the question: What about those poor kids in Cali? I bet they feel the worse pain of all—low self-esteem based on their looks. What do you think? --Jenna Mahoney
No Good for Me (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
Custom-printed surfboard, Halsea, $1,200 I try hard not to be a prints person, but my eye cannot resist the sheer visual candy that are Halsea prints. They're stylized and cheerful, evoking 1970s Cali in a way that is only just...
Stereogum (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
19-year-old Santa Rosa songwriter Ryan Schmale's solo low-fidelity jams under the That Ghost moniker have preceded the recent wavves of like-minded Cali dudes by a few minutes, most recently heard on the "Never Have Fun" b/w "Your Backs" 7", earlier on the two-tempo Pollard-tipping "Shouldn't Leave The Estate" which dropped from his seven-song set Get It And...
"I'll have another STOUT" (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
Was just reading over at Foobooz that PYT is doing a burger of the week. This week is Tijuana Burger a burger seasoned with chili and cayenne topped with Pepper Jack cheese , guacamole, tortilla strips and choice of spicy salsa verde or mild roasted chipotle salsa. The mexi-cali burger is served with a side of Mexican streen corn and fries. This has come at the perfect time since I have a SLY...
