A two-alarm fire at Bernal Heights home caused the displacement of two elderly folks. The blaze happened at 266 Nevada Street around 6:30 p.m. this evening. According to the Gate, "[f]irefighters found the home's two residents inside and brought them out to safety." Aw. Our heroes! Anyway, other than one of the rescued Bernal residents suffering from breathing trouble -- who was hospitalized for a short period of time -- no other injuries were......

Cares is in a bit of shock, actually. We just can't stop watching the news and hoping that maybe, just maybe, at some point Wolf Blitzer turns to the camera and says "Psyche!". That's how wishful our thinking has become. We're a week on from when Hurricane Katrina hit the gulf coast of the US and still rescue efforts are continuing. Continuing. They're not over by a longshot but the progress that's been made......