Good morning -- here's what's happening 8.26.08

There's a flash flood warning for mountain areas of Riverside and San Bernardino counties, the Coachella Valley and the San Diego County backcountry.

The first Californian to die from West Nile virus is a 72-year-old woman from the Buena Park in the O.C.

Low-income renters forced from their homes when landlords are defaulted on home loans are feeling the results of the mortgage meltdown.

Jerry Brown releases 11-pages of guidelines for medical marijuana dispensaries in an effort to separate the legit operations from criminal ones.

A 31-year-old robbery suspect has apparently hanged himself in his Hollywood jail cell.

The SEIU spending scandal has reached Michigan.

Santa Barbara County supes, citing improved methods, are expected to vote yes today on new offshore drilling.

Gas prices fall below $4 in (parts of) California.

Researchers plan to use radar that reveals what lies beneath the ground in the continuing search for a missing San Marino couple.

Thanks to scheduling decisions made when it looked like SAG members could strike, studio production in the city has declined.

Radiohead at the Hollywood Bowl -- how was it?

Dodgers try to lure season ticket holders to renew by promising to freeze prices.

Dave Freeman, the ad exec who wrote "100 things to do before you die" has died at age 47 after a fall in his home in Venice. (And yes, he did most of the 100 things in his book.)

-- Veronique de Turenne

Photo: Ruth Cordoba, center, and her family are living in a hotel after they were evicted from a rental that had fallen into foreclosure. Credit: Karen Tapia-Andersen / Los Angeles Times