- How about those sonic booms? Crappy weather in Florida forced the Shuttle to land at Edwards AFB. Hope you weren't too scared!
- On the eighth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, LA Weekly wonders what 9/11 would have been like with modern social media around?
- Sheriff's investigators cleared the coroner's office of any wrongdoing in the Michael Jackson case. There were early accusations of leaks and information being sold. However, a more thorough audit is still forthcoming in order to clear the matter.
- Sorry students... The University of California is proposing raising tuition by more than 30% next year to fight rising costs and deep cuts.
- State Assemblyman and Vietnam veteran Paul Cook (R- Yucca Valley) is going to war with the Governator. The Governator threatened to veto every bill on his desk until other priorities were taken care of. All the legislation was removed, except one... Cook's bill to have a day to honor Vietnam veterans.
- Thanks to DNA evidence, a murder case from 1975 could have a 50 year-old man tried as a minor.
- Folks in the SFV might not believe this, but 2009 was one of the coolest summers on record for the United States!
- LAPD Chief (for now) Bill Bratton was honored by the Queen of England for his contributions to law enforcement. That should look good on the resume...
- Finally... If you want to get a better reaction to your ideas at the workplace, 150 business leaders suggest NOT using these "annoying buzzwords".




I thought they weren't going to land here, so that boom caught me off guard!
"Folks in the SFV might not believe this, but 2009 was one of the coolest summers on record for the United States!"
Actually, everyone I know has been commenting on how mild this summer has been. So another way to look at it might be:
Folks in the L.A. Basin have been amazed at how the SFV hasn't been as hot as they thought this summer--turns out it's part of a nationwide climate pattern!