Good morning -- here's what's happening 7.29.08
Say it ain't so -- those dramatic and reassuring air tanker drops at the height of wildfires are just for show? Elected officials love 'em but firefighters say, more often than not, they're a political air show.
Speaking of fires, which we seem to have been doing all spring and summer long, the Telegraph fire near Yosemite just keeps growing and 4,000 homes now stand in its path.
What stands between you and a case of salmonella when you eat out? If you're lucky, a very picky cook or chef who checks the produce as it comes off the truck.
Gas prices are down, great news for you and me but not so good for the state, which relies on gasoline taxes to help pay for road projects.
A Pasadena engineering firm that got $142 million in federal funds has earned the distinction of producing one of the biggest reconstruction failures of the Iraq war, including a half-finished prison with a tab of $40 million.
The NLF in L.A? Cowboys owner Jerry Jones discusses the mythic beast with our own Sam Farmer.
The $30-million renovation of the Mark Taper Forum is finished. And? Well, it's good and bad and kinda complicated.
Are you an L.A. homeowner? Then you'd better sit down. Take a deep breath. Home prices are dropping 25% per year.
Get ready for another hit to your pocketbook -- the airport board just approved higher landing fees for LAX and the Ontario airport.
An 11-year-old boy led officers on a high-speed chase in Bakersfield. He topped out at 100 mph and had to stand on the car's floorboard to reach the gas pedal. Crazy world.
-- Veronique de Turenne
Photo credit: Brian Vander Brug / Los Angeles Times
