To the links:<\/p>\n
\u2022 More reports from the CBC’s personal time with Fidel Castro. Rep. Barbara Lee found<\/a> that the US could do some business with the Cubans on supplying medical technology. Rep. Laura Richardson talked about the ports in her district<\/a> and Fidel responded with a comment on the threat of climate change to those ports. Oh, that Fidel!<\/p>\n \u2022 Richardson is also teaming up with Dana Rohrabacher (R-Crazytown) to block the loss of 5,000 jobs in the Long Beach area<\/a> from the proposed phase-out of the F-22 fighter plan. The fact that the F-22 has suppliers in 44 states shows you the near-impossible task of breaking through the military-industrial complex.<\/p>\n \u2022 My morning LA Times featured a not-so-cleverly disguised ad for “Southland”<\/a> on the front page. I think Sam Zell’s big idea is to eventually get the news out of the newspaper and fill it entirely with advertorials. <\/p>\n \u2022 Sen. Boxer has hired long-term Chronicle reporter Zachary Coile<\/a> to be her new press secretary. Meg Whitman has also hired a former scribe<\/a>, Mary Anne Ostrom of the San Jose Mercury News, as a policy and online outreach advisor. See above.<\/p>\n \u2022 CalBuzz thinks Jack O’Connell<\/a>, the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, might be heading back into the Governor’s race. He’s actually exploring a run, seeing if he could get the money to compete with Jerry Brown and the gang. Interestingly, Reed Hastings, the CEO of Netflix and a longtime O’Connell supporter, has dumped almost a million dollars into an IE for his candidacy. That makes things a lot more interesting, especially if there’s more where that came from. Reed Hastings is very wealthy, and unlike most others, his fortune is still growing<\/a> in the downturn. <\/p>\n \u2022 OC Progressive points out that state Controller John Chiang has endorsed incumbent Eric Bradley for the controller spot<\/a> at the CDP.<\/p>\n \u2022 This isn’t a sports blog, but some stories transcend sports and just remind us of the human condition and just how frail we all really are. The death of Nick Adenhart<\/a>, a 22 year old starting pitcher for the Angels, is really just a tragedy. After pitching Wednesday, he was killed by a hit and run driver in Fullerton. Our best wishes to his friends and family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" To the links:<\/p>\n \u2022 More reports from the CBC’s personal time with Fidel Castro. Rep. Barbara Lee found<\/a> that the US could do some business with the Cubans on supplying medical technology. Rep. Laura Richardson talked about the ports in her district<\/a> and Fidel responded with a comment on the threat of climate change to those ports. Oh, that Fidel!<\/p>\n \u2022 Richardson is also teaming up with Dana Rohrabacher (R-Crazytown) to block the loss of 5,000 jobs in the Long Beach area<\/a> from the proposed phase-out of the F-22 fighter plan. The fact that the F-22 has suppliers in 44 states shows you the near-impossible task of breaking through the military-industrial complex.<\/p>\n \u2022 My morning LA Times featured a not-so-cleverly disguised ad for “Southland”<\/a> on the front page. I think Sam Zell’s big idea is to eventually get the news out of the newspaper and fill it entirely with advertorials. <\/p>\n \u2022 Sen. Boxer has hired long-term Chronicle reporter Zachary Coile<\/a> to be her new press secretary. Meg Whitman has also hired a former scribe<\/a>, Mary Anne Ostrom of the San Jose Mercury News, as a policy and online outreach advisor. See above.<\/p>\n \u2022 CalBuzz thinks Jack O’Connell<\/a>, the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, might be heading back into the Governor’s race. He’s actually exploring a run, seeing if he could get the money to compete with Jerry Brown and the gang. Interestingly, Reed Hastings, the CEO of Netflix and a longtime O’Connell supporter, has dumped almost a million dollars into an IE for his candidacy. That makes things a lot more interesting, especially if there’s more where that came from. Reed Hastings is very wealthy, and unlike most others, his fortune is still growing<\/a> in the downturn. <\/p>\n \u2022 OC Progressive points out that state Controller John Chiang has endorsed incumbent Eric Bradley for the controller spot<\/a> at the CDP.<\/p>\n