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04 Nov 2009 21:19

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U.S.: Automatic drip: California passes a massive water-reform bill

  • $40 billion to fix some faulty pipes or something source
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01 Nov 2009 21:50

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U.S.: Officers in San Jose find “resisting arrest” charges simply irresistible

Meet Scott Wright. This unlucky bastard was beaten, and his arm broken, because officers thought he was grabbing a weapon. He was going to wash his hands. source
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30 Oct 2009 20:20

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U.S.: Gavin Newsom: Not the next governor of California. By choice.

  • With a young family and responsibilities at City Hall, I have found it impossible to commit the time required to complete this effort the way it needs to – and should be – done.
  • San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom • Describing his reasons for no longer running for governor of California. It was a sudden drop-out, one precipitated by Attorney General Jerry Brown’s staggering lead over him in the Democratic primary. The center-leaning Newsom tried really hard to replicate Obama’s social-networking success but couldn’t pull it off. Too bad. Seems like he would’ve been a good governor based on his success in the Bay Area. • source
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28 Oct 2009 22:02

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U.S.: Good job not fixing that San Francisco Bay Bridge right, guys

  • 270,000 commuters were screwed over source
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17 Oct 2009 12:27

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Offbeat: That dead body hanging around outside? Not a Halloween prop

  • One neighbor said he saw the body on Monday but didn’t do anything about it because It looked like a Halloween prop. You could see the body in plain view on the third floor. It did look unreal.
  • RMG News director Austin Raishbrook • Describing the bizarre sight of a body laying outside of an apartment complex in Marina Del Rey, Calif. It wasn’t reported right away because it looked like a Halloween prop. Seriously. What convinced people to finally call authorities? Uh, there was some blood dripping onto the ground. Yuck. • source
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14 Oct 2009 09:31

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Culture: Jaycee Dugard on the cover of People: She’s beeeeautiful

Considering the strangeness of the situation, it’s great to know that she looks like a reasonably normal human being when put on the front of a magazine. source
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13 Oct 2009 10:01

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U.S.: The California legislature even less-loved than Schwartzenegger

  • 13% approval rating for the clogged-up state legislature source
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13 Oct 2009 09:58

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U.S.: Arnold Schwartzenegger’s approval nearing Gray Davis’. Really.

  • 22% Gray Davis’ approval rating at the time that Arnold Schwartzenegger was elected in a recall source
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11 Oct 2009 01:08

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U.S.: California legislature again deadlocked, this time over water

  • 704 bills have been clogged by a massive water bill source
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23 Sep 2009 10:54

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U.S.: Avenues no more? A massive raid could end a notorious gang

  • There are parents today that don’t have to run to the bus stop to make sure that their kids don’t get jumped because they have an iPod or because they are carrying books or because they have lunch money. This is the daily terror that gangs like Avenues impose.
  • Los Angeles-area councilman Ed Reyes • Describing the campaign of terror the notorious Avenues gang brought to his community. Yesterday, the gang got raided like nobody’s business. 1,100 police officers and 300 federal agents descended on the gang, arresting 46 alleged members. Avenues has been operating in northeast Los Angeles since the late ’50s • source
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