“At approximately 10.15am on March 3 2018, Mammoth Mountain Ski Patrol was performing avalanche hazard mitigation work when an avalanche released on the upper part of the mountain travelling towards the High Five Express chair,” said Mammoth Mountain Ski Area spokesperson Lauren Burke. -- Capradio.org, March 3, 2018.

 
The Los Angeles Times has great coverage on US Attorney General Jeff Sessions' assault on the states' rights of California. Be sure to use the link to get at further coverage they offer from links in the article. It looks as though maybe the worst is over for the Times. That's good news. We really need that newspaper back!-- blj
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Los Angeles Times
California leaders rebuke Sessions as 'going to war' over state immigration policy

"You have to have rules of decorum," Murphy said. "This does zero to affect the content."
Councilman Michael Belluomini said he was comfortable with leaving the misdemeanor penalty in the ordinance given that it's a "fairly high standard." -- Miller, Merced Sun-Star, March 6, 2018

In less words than the political gossip in the press, a married couple of Merced County assistant district attorneys moved to Santa Cruz at some point (not reported) after Larry Morse was elected District Attorney in 2006. These whispering lizards of the bar chose to tell the McClatchy Chain local outlet last month that they were driven out of their job in Merced to their present jobs in Santa Cruz because, they allege, Morse sexually harassed the wife.

While the Chinese representative at the meeting in Geneva on Friday agreed to relate the US-voiced concerns to Beijing, the envoy still noted that, ultimately, individual countries are responsible for their own waste. -- Prouser, Reuters/rt.com. March 25, 2018