Good morning -- here's what's happening 4.28.08
The latest on the Sierra Madre wildfire -- pix, video and story.
Here comes another controversial money-saving scheme as Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa tries to balance the budget. Except this one, critics say, is an accounting gimmick that will wind up costing the city -- which is, of course, the taxpayers -- more money. It's a little complicated, but David Zahniser breaks it down.
Bank of America -- they're buying Countrywide Financial Corp. -- promised mortgage aid as part of the package. E. Scott Reckard has the details.
How hot was it? Record-breaking at LAX and in Camarillo, triple digits in Woodland Hills and so hot downtown that some of the 150,000 people at the Fiesta Broadway celebration got heatstroke. LADN; Daily Breeze
San Diego beaches, after that fatal shark attack, will reopen today. AP via LAT.
A day after a gangland-style shootout left dozens dead and injured in the streets of Tijuana, nobody's talking, says Hector Tobar.
Remember those farmers from South L.A. -- the ones who fought like mad and even had Daryl Hannah climbing a tree to keep them from getting evicted? They've moved to Buttonwillow (yes, you've seen that exit sign every time you've driven I-5), and so far things are coming up roses French spinach. Steve Chawkins has the details.
U.S. 395 near Mammoth Mountain is getting widened to two lanes, and our traffic guru, Steve Hymon, is happy.
How do you get Vin Scully and John Wooden to agree to appear together onstage in a Father's Day chat-fest to benefit kids with cancer? Just ask, says T.J. Simers. More about the event and the people who are going to make it happen in T.J.'s column.
-- Veronique de Turenne
Photo: Carlos Chavez / Los Angeles Times
Illustration: John Ritter
