Good morning -- here's what's happening 10.21.08
Just two weeks until election day. Can anyone explain to me why it's not a national holiday?
On the financial front, stock prices dropped, interest in a stimulus plan grew, and all this up and down and up and down in the stock market is driven not by logic but by (d'oh) fear.
On the home front, the LA Times has a (subtle, thank goodness) and actually useful (hallelujah!) new design.
OK, news:
Anyone driving I-5 in the Castaic area is sitting in traffic due to a big rig crash.
Up to 200 rape victims lost their chances at prosecution because of an enormous backlog -- 7,000 and counting -- of untested rape kits that include DNA samples. The LAPD's lab, already sporting a black eye for crummy fingerprint work, missed the legal deadline to test the samples.
Skylar Deleon has been found guilty of killing a couple by tying them together, attaching an anchor and dumping them overboard from the yacht they were trying to sell.
Wondering about California home prices? Still tanking.
Even more about Prop 2, the ballot measure to improve living conditions for chickens.
Scott Timberg has a terrific essay about the late photog William Claxton.
Think you're safe because you're covered under your employer's health insurance plan? Think again.
Jesse James Hollywood will go to trial in Santa Barbara after his appeal is denied.
Chris Dufresne has a plan for the USC Trojans.
--Veronique de Turenne
