Archive for the 'California' Category

Vote No on Prop D

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

Keep Our Beaches Free:

The not-so-Big One

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Just felt my first major earthquake: a 5.6 near Los Angeles (Chino Hills to be exact). I work across the street from an air base and a truck yard so I’m used to the building rumbling when a low flying fighter jet or heavy semi truck goes by but this was a good 10-15 [...]

Dealing with the San Diego alcohol ban

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

The folks over at FreePB.org have an alcoholic-friendly message for everything this summer:
It is now illegal to consume alcoholic beverages in many coastal parks, the beach or on any land area of Mission Bay. The City of San Diego has defined the boundary line between land and water in Mission Bay Park is the mean [...]

California Building Codes — free to download

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

Courtesy of public.resource.org. And yes, it’s perfectly legal to download. Now I just need $250,000 and a plot of land that isn’t in the middle of nowhere and I can get started on building my own home!

“You’re gonna need a bigger boat”

Friday, April 25th, 2008

It’s been 14 years since the last time a shark attacked someone in the waters off the San Diego coast. “14 years and 10 million waves later” as one local remarked. But early this morning some poor guy went out for a swim with his buddies and didn’t make it back to shore. [...]