Local leaders map out high-speed rail tracks (The San Francisco Examiner) Although connecting the Bay Area and Southern California has been given priority status for the state's high-speed rail project, local leaders still need to decide where tracks will be laid, and for what price....more...Road trips worth your gas money (San Francisco Chronicle) You don't have to be a patriot to get a hankering to see the USA. When you do, give thanks for travel publishers who are betting that even unprecedented gas prices won't deter Americans from hitting the road this summer. MTV Road Trips U.S.A., by John... ...more... AFM Launches California Latino Steering Committee to Protect Marriage (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News) Reverend Samuel Rodriguez, Jr., president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC) and Matt Daniels, president of the Alliance for Marriage Foundation (AFM) today announced the launch of the California Latino Steering Committee to Protect Marriage, as radical activists in Sacramento continue to strike at the commonsense definition of marriage in the state legislature and ......more... 2 suspected illegal immigrants killed after Border Patrol chase (The San Francisco Examiner) SAN DIEGO ( Map , News ) - Two suspected illegal immigrants died in a fiery head-on crash after the driver of a pickup fled the Border Patrol and swerved into oncoming traffic on a winding, rural road, authorities said Wednesday. Several people were seriously injured....more... Fantasy Preview: Loudon (Nascar) NASCAR trades in 11 turns for two and scuttles cross country from California to New Hampshire, but the cars may not be all that different....more... Firefighters Narrowly Escape Tahoe Blaze (The San Francisco Examiner) SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. ( Map , News ) - When a patchwork of small wildfires exploded into an inferno, two young firefighters had only seconds to react....more... Severe drought heightening fire danger across West (The San Francisco Examiner) SAN FRANCISCO ( Map , News ) - With parts of California emerging from one of the driest winters in more than a century, the fire devouring Lake Tahoe's south shore might be a harbinger of what's in store for the western United States during the long, hot summer ahead, experts warned Tuesday....more... Java junkie sets goal to visit every Starbucks (The Pantagraph) FORT WORTH, Texas -- When Winter answers the phone, he is on the road, somewhere between Barstow, Calif., and Las Vegas. He is on the road so often, it's almost like a natural habitat for him. His mission? Visit every Starbucks in the world....more... Jesse Colin Young returns to Marin as fair headliner (Marin Independent Journal) The last time Jesse Colin Young played a major concert in Marin County, he'd just put his adopted home on the map with "Ridgetop," a love song to the "windy and...more... |