The UT today has ANOTHER story about foreclosures and homes and they rose in July. Any person with a pair of eyes would have known those problems jumped up.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20080822-9999-1b22foreclos.html
How about all these reporters writing about the housing sky falling actually take some time to come up with a new and interesting angle. Emmett Pierce what does this information mean to me? I know foreclosures are taking place and home prices are dropping but what is new to me.
Oh also check out Kristina Davis' story about the man who was killed when a portion of Torrey Pines Bluff fell on him. As someone who has visited this area I always pondered if these cliffs gave way. Looks like they do and Davis is able to get behind the story of who this man was.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20080822-9999-1m22torrey.html
Also a good analysis piece in the sports section by Kevin Acee about Shawne Merriman.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/chargers/20080822-9999-1s22chargers.html
Knowing that news of the injury would be old when the paper got out, Acee rolled it all together in a nice comprehensive piece that helps readers understand how it all goes together.
And Now On to The PE and The Cal
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ARTS PROGRAM The Local CP on an Arts Program in French Valley at Lisa J. Mails has a wonderful picture by photog Frank Bellino. Please compare it to the NCTimes CP. Steve Thornton for The Californian shows two kids playing with a potato with no emotion and no action.
Bellino has a 4-year-old with a maraca and her face is priceless. I always said graphics and photos were the most important part of a paper. Because of the photo I actually read Claudia Bustamate's piece: http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_sadopt22.4969c35.html
The lede itself could have been much clearer on what the story was about. But she ends up grabbing great color, voices and quotes. Overall, a better package than the Cal, but I will get to those Tubers later.
Columnist Carl Love wrote an interesting column. He talks about what most of us have experienced -- traffic gridlock. I nearly fell out of my seat laughing when i read this from his column:
The jerks are kids (I guess they haven't learned that courtesy applies to them), parents who should know better and even a school bus driver. One woman who almost rammed me as she cut in front last week sported Christian bumper stickers on her SUV. Can't you practice what you preach?
Those of use who deal with this traffic nonsense daily knows exactly his feelings. Great column. Good laughs.
Wildomar Finance Reporter Rocky Salmon really fell flat with his Wildomar budget story. A day after scooping the Cal on a story about a new hockey arena in Murrieta contract, he blows it here. I won't even link the story -- it will hurt you too much. Mr. Salmon typically does better than this but it appears as if he plopped something into the paper for the sake of filling space. The question that needs to be answered is how the loss of a Wal-Mart and the upcoming reassessment of homes is coming. Mr. Salmon typically includes regular people in his stories. He choked big time here.
Story of the Day The PE does get story of the day. That award goes to Alicia Robinson and Sonja Bjelland for this gem:
Its everything news should be. It takes a look back at an issue that came about in 2005 when these men had their property cleaned up. Man was that property filled with junk. It pits city issues with the issues of these men. The quotes and the color is priceless. The lede also flows. The pictures are superb. Good job ladies. I tip my Internet hat.
This description paints a beautiful picture from the PE story. The Jack Daniels hat tells you who Corson is without spelling it:
Paul Corson, with a Jack Daniels ball cap on his head and a bushy mustache on his weathered face, said a structural engineer said the house was fine.
They're still unhappy that the sheep and geese they kept on the property were taken, and they said some of David's gardening equipment was hauled away in the cleanup.
They want to build a house like the one that was knocked down, they said, but even the rocks their parents originally used from the property to build the fireplace are no longer there.
They're still unhappy that the sheep and geese they kept on the property were taken, and they said some of David's gardening equipment was hauled away in the cleanup.
They want to build a house like the one that was knocked down, they said, but even the rocks their parents originally used from the property to build the fireplace are no longer there.
The CAL
Ugh the Californian did not have a good day. Not even average. I could say the Cal existed today. Nicole Sack's A1 story on the quarry was necessary but not thrilling. It was needed.
But the local section. Ouch.
Tubers Like I said earlier a CP on potato olympics is really stretching it. Thats B-3 material.
Rani Gupta tries to lighten it up: http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2008/08/21/news/californian/lake_elsinore/z28fbcde7f708308d882574ab0072eed9.txt
The "Killer hashed browns" line is actually pretty darn funny. But come on its a bunch of potatos. What has the newspaper world come to when this qualifies as CP news.
Then again it's not like there was much competition.
Corky Jennifer Kabbany does a story on a former "Silver Spoons" actor doing a workshop in Canyon Lake. Really. That's all you have. At least his name rules -- Corky Pigeon. And who was he in the show. http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2008/08/21/news/californian/lake_elsinore/zd2ffc908daf2d801882574ab0077ca48.txt
Please also take note of Steve Thornton's photos. The one of Corky holding the People's magazine is so bad its great. And the Tuber Olympics. I know it's not much to work with but Bellino showed Thornton how to do it.
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