Turned on the TV tonight and found the show Secret Millionaire. The first vignette is about a successful lawyer and his son who were dropped into a city I’m familiar with Imperial Beach CA, just south of San Diego.
They found a place to live that rents on a daily basis at $57.00/day. This would [...]
I’ve been reading, writing, and talking about this for the past few years and finally now its getting some air time on main stream media. Did you hear about the woman in Saudi Arabia who was gang raped but she was put into prison? Did you hear about the teacher who has been jailed because [...]
I’m happy to report none of my family or friends lost anything in the recent San Diego fires, but I know there is a lot of suffering in the area so for that I’m sorry. I also understand sorry coming from a stranger doesn’t make anything better for those that are suffering. But as we [...]
24 Oct
Posted by Vanessa as general, media & entertainment, society & politics
Weds Update
It looks like SignOn San Diego has worked out the issues with there server because they haven’t crashed in awhile — here are some links on their site that might be of interest:
List of Burned Structures
Help Blog
How have the telecommunications in the area been strained?
Evacuations Center
Fire Updates in San Diego County
Witch Fire: Approximately 196,420 [...]
23 Oct
Posted by Vanessa as general, society & politics
First let me preface this with I think there were racial/class issues involved in the New Orleans response but comparing that disaster to the current San Diego Fire tragedy is not fair!
Here are my brief thoughts after hearing some viewer thoughts on CNN
People are starting to compare the disaster response in CA to New Orleans [...]
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