Fire Information

The Windy Ridge Fire is 80% contained, according to the Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA), and is expected to be fully contained sometime tomorrow. The OCFA recommends checking news radio stations– KFWB (AM 980), KNX (AM 1070), KFI (AM 640)–  for the latest updates on the fire.  Or you can call the Orange County Operational …

On a Road to Nowhere

For those who have followed the twisting path of the proposed Foothills South toll road– ably plotted on this blog and in the pages of the Weekly by Alex Brant-Zawadzki and others– the latest report in the Times will come as no surprise. For more than a year, transportation planners have said that preparations for …

The Mark of The Beast

The Beast, the alt paper that howls at the world from the wintry, chicken wing-splattered wasteland that is Buffalo, now has the 2006 version of its always entertaining 50 Most Loathsome People in America online. The list of the loathsome features those you might expect (Bush, James Dobson, Ryan Seacrest), some you might not (Jesus …

Icey U P

Over on CNN.com there's plenty of coverage on the ice storm. If you haven't heard, a massive weather system caused chaos and death from Texas to Illinois, then relocated towards New England. Thousands upon thousands are without power, 36 are already dead, so naturally I'm going to make a snarky editorial comment about CNN's coverage. …

We're doomed, doomed…

… or maybe not. The AP reports: Evangelical broadcaster Pat Robertson said Tuesday that God has told him that a terrorist attack on the United States would cause a “mass killing” late in 2007. “I'm not necessarily saying it's going to be nuclear,” he said during his news-and-talk television show “The 700 Club” on the …