We gobble the various food sections up each Wednesday. These are our favorite tidbits from today's offerings: more ›

Last night, Arnie wheeled himself out on his crutches to give everyone the State of the State speech. How is the state doing? Fabulous, as always. Why? Because we're all working together. And because we, not the children, are the future. In fact, he said California could be the shining example to the rest of the country on how to move forward on everything from health care to the environment. In his speech, he called us the "modern equivalent of the ancient city states of Athens and Sparta" which is high praise indeed. But who is Sparta and who is Athens? We think we're more Athens than Sparta but would that mean LA is Sparta? San Diego? Bakersfield? Or maybe we're Sparta and LA is Athens. We always preferred Athens over Sparta, but then again, if we were Sparta we could go up to some interloper and kick them into a giant hole while yelling "We are Sparta!!!!" at the top of our lungs like in that scene from the trailer for 300. Man, that movie looks awesome. more ›

We got news this week on your entire potpourri of transit choices-- ferries and cable cars and non-cable cars all. more ›