Spraying to fight moth in Calif. could have economic impacts

As state officials prepare planes to spray the San Francisco Bay area with pesticides to fight an invasive moth, politicians are starting to worry not only about the endeavor’s potential impacts on human health, but on local commerce.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/04/10/financial/f162313D98.DTL

Salmon disappearance could bring fishing ban

The stunning collapse of one of the West Coast’s biggest wild salmon runs has prompted even cash-strapped fishermen to call for an unprecedented shutdown of salmon fishing off the coasts of California and Oregon.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/07/salmon.collapse.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

Burned-out couple may build underground

Calif. couple that lost two houses to wildfires is planning to rebuild

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23899270/

Nipple rings cause airport security issue

Woman demands apology, says ‘no one deserves to be treated this way’

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23830845/

Odd Markings Prove Kitten’s Love for Mom?

…one of the black and white kitties does have “unusual” markings – a message of love for its mother Dottie,

Click on link to see pictures

http://www.news10.net/display_story.aspx?storyid=39894

Legal deal restores good vibrations to Beach Boys

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The settlement of a long legal dispute over rights to the Beach Boys’ name has restored good vibrations among the three surviving original members of the famed group, attorneys in the case said on Thursday.

http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN2043573620080321

Why is Harold Perrineau back on ‘Lost’?

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/19/tv.lostreturn.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

Gas jumps to 5.20 a gallon

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/03/17/lavandera.gas.prices.cnn

Tent cities have sprung up outside Los Angeles as people lose their homes in the mortgage crisis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnnOOo6tRs8

Could John Ritter have been saved?

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/03/13/ritter.trial.ap/index.html

Jailed man says woman’s body was frozen for ‘religious reasons’

http://www.krdo.com/Global/story.asp?S=7991131

Gas Prices up, Production Down

GORDA, Calif.- If you’re going to be heading down the Big Sur Coastline anytime soon, you’ll probably going to want to have a full tank before you leave with the price of crude oil skyrocketing. With gasoline following the same direction, the Americo gas station in Gorda, just south of Big Sur is selling premium unleaded gas for $5.39 a gallon. If you can do without premium regular’s a relative bargain at $5.19.

http://www.kion46.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=df1239b4-5366-4489-86eb-77e6dc9249bc

A youth ‘on track’ until fatal gunfire

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-shot4mar04,1,2559719.story

In a massive disaster, care will be scarce

State guidelines lay framework for deliberately letting some people die.

http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/753359.html

Navy sonar ban in Southern Calif. upheld

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080302/ap_on_re_us/navy_sonar;_ylt=Ah.m74S_eD7KR7Ns_gysJrzQOrgF

High Sierra Music Festival Adds Spearhead, Gordon, Surprise Me Mr. Davis, Akron/Family

http://www.jambase.com/Articles/Story.aspx?StoryID=12722