Good morning -- here's what's happening 10.01.08
They've done some tweaking and now it's the Senate's turn to vote on that monster of a bailout bill, which no one can promise will work, but without which everyone agrees we're sunk.
And in case you were wondering, California played a part in the bill's defeat in the House this week.
Speaking of California politics, our governor was very busy last night, signing anti-sprawl legislation and giving the nod to a water bill. Not making the grade was a bill to curb air pollution near the state's ports.
Were four San Diego firefighters who were ordered to take part in a gay pride parade the victims of harassment? That's the question now in the hands of the jury as the trial comes to a close.
A SoCal World Series? Bill Plaschke says it could happen.
It'll be a bonanza for nostalgia buffs as the 21st century gets progressively more scary and the seemingly simpler 20th century -- in film, TV and comics, anyway -- beckons.
A charter school group plans a huge expansion in South L.A., and envisions a transformation that verges on utopia.
Save the drama for your mama -- things are cool and calm in Laker camp.
A high-rise condo proposal has Beverly Hills in a tizzy. Voters get their say in five (!) short weeks.
Photo: Robert Young and Elinor Donahue in "Father Knows Best," from the Los Angeles Times' 1950s photo files.
