In Alhambra, south of Valley. That's not normally a place you'd expect to see a coyote, but they are definitely expanding their range, and can pop up anywhere in the area, since we're all within a mile or two of a wash or other pathway a coyote could use.

City of Industry is buying up land in Orange County. Why? Nobody knows.

The story headline in the Tribune says that cutting the redevelopment agencies has "dealt a blow" to affordable housing in El Monte. Yet, when you read the actual story, you discover there has been virtually no low income housing developed for families in the entire history of the program in El Monte.

We'll see if they actually do it, but West Covina is considering cutting city commissions to save money.

Last year, their U.S. stores lost over $1 million each. This year, the loss is "just" $600,000 or so each. ($113 million in losses, spread over 177 stores). That's not a sustainable business model.

Story from a few weeks ago in the SGV Journal.

Lots of Democrats, a couple of Republicans, and nearly all current or former elected officials.

Yahoo! has a story on the role of candidate wives in recent commercials for their would-be-President husbands. Can't help notice that they're all blonds.

That would major-league suck.