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Hmmmm. He should be landing in San Diego soon.

Well, it likes things are getting better here in San Diego, folks. We have the sea breezes now, so firefighters are being aided by Mother Nature. The population at Qualcomm Stadium is down to 1,000 people, as most have left and returned to their home, if they are still there.

The Chargers may yet play their scheduled game at Qualcomm Stadium. President Bush should be arriving soon, if he has not already. I guess learned from Katrina helped in the efforts in trying to help the victims of the fire.

I see that two arsonists were arrested in the L.A. area, and another was more harshly dealt with by police.

One game, many triumphs | The San Diego Union-Tribune

I worked the Chargers' game yesterday as they stomped all over the Houston Texans, 35-10. I worked as a ticket-taker first, then worked inside as an usher. We were pretty badly short-staffed, as a number of young people, and probably some Marines, could not make it to work because of the fires.

Before the game, several people involved with the firefighting effort were recognized as they went on the field.

Please take a look at the front page. You will see that the governor was there. It was really an emotionally-charged afternoon. You would think that God was on the side of us and the Chargers' team. Truly, it was a blessing for all of us.

Before the game, there were Salvation Army volunteers with buckets taking monetary donations. I don't know how much they collected, but I sure it was more than the $200,000 collected four years ago in Tempe, AZ, when the Chargers played there because of the fires here.

http://www.salvationarmyusa.org

The crowd was listed just over 60,000. The game was sold out, but of course, people impacted by the fires could not make it to the game.

Yeah, yeah, yeah......the California wildfires were a conspiracy led by the Bush administration.

Looks an onion-filled newspaper, PN.

Authorities are still looking for the driver of the F150 pickup who started the fire last week.

Who the fuck cares? Homes in Southern California are WAY over priced to begin with. Hell, my $230,000 home in Pensacola would probably fetch over a million in San Diego County. You have stupid fools there who are paying over half of what they make on a mortgage. Southern California has nothing but one natural disaster after another - wildfires in the Summer, mudslides in the Winter, and earthquakes year round. Now we're all supposed to feel sorry for all those people who lost their vastly over-priced homes?

San Diego likes to tout itself as one of the best cities to live in America. The real truth is that is way too expensive, has too many natural disasters, unchecked illegal immigration, very high crime, and snotty people who think they're better than everybody else.

And yes, I once lived in San Diego.

Of course. We have too many people living in SoCal, thanks to developers with their money. And you are correct in saying that your home would be worth 400% more in SoCal than in Pensacola, PN.

To give you a case in point: Most of you know that I am bowler. For many years I bowled at Sunset Lanes in San Diego. If any of you have lived in San Diego, it used to be called Clairemont Bowl.

Well, thanks to the high cost of real estate, the center shut down two years ago. And what do you think went up over it? Right, condos. Beckoning more people to come and live in SoCal and the fires. Geezes, man, anyone who would think coming to live in San Diego would see the low clouds in the morning, and experiencing temps in the high 60's or low 70's near the coast would think they are in Heaven.

Great, that makes our freeways more congested. So more lanes have to be added. Seven years ago I had enough of that, and started riding public transportation.

Several years ago San Diego adopted a plan, called "PLAN". That is short for "Prevent Los Angelesization Now". Has it worked. Noooooooooooooooooooo.

Man, we are getting a good soaking rain right now in San Diego.

But I am worried about the people who are affected by the burned-out areas in the rest of SoCal, especially Malibu and in other areas.