That means the end of political commercial overload. It seemed like every proposition wanted you to think a vote for their side was a vote against "greedy politicians" and "special interest groups."

Somewhere in the Whitman campaign, someone's getting bawled out over her feel-good commercial that unintentionally makes the point that Jerry Brown's California wasn't so bad, after all. That's probably why her commercial that the LA Times made such a big deal about is playing so infrequently.

Is this what Cheech and Chong meant by "up in smoke"?

Today's SGV Tribune has an article about the alleged parallels between Rosemead's Wal-Mart and Azusa's rock mining.

LA Times story on the relocation of Huy Fong Foods. Seventy jobs in Rosemead will be moving to Irwindale. Probably another 100-150 will be created in Irwindale.

Representative Loretta Sanchez got caught playing the race card last week on a Spanish-language television interview. The Los Angeles Times reports that she said (in Spanish) that "the Vietnamese and the Republicans are--with intensity--trying to take away this seat."

In Europe, Tesco (the owner of Fresh and Easy) is like Wal-Mart: The largest retailer in the land. They have a mixture of stores, from large, supercenter-like behemoths to smaller markets.

Looks like Wal-Mart is going to try that approach in the US.

I don't live in San Gabriel, but I think they made a good decision to stick with their current motto. "City With a Mission" doesn't require any explanation. But what was "History in the Making" supposed to mean?