U.S. airstrikes hit ISIS in Iraq, but President says he won't allow U.S. forces to be dragged into another Iraq war.  What's he really doing?  Cleaning up the mess left by a former President whose actions destabilized the region and created a power vacuum Iran and ISIS have taken advantage of... Arcadia man sentenced to ten years in prison for making millions selling counterfeit fine wines to millionaires... Survey shows 40% of American families are "just getting by" in the richest nation on Earth... W.H.O. labels Ebola outbreak an international health emergency.... IBM creates so-called "brain chip"... Verdict in trial of paralympian Oscar Pistorius, accused of killing model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, will be handed down September 11th...  and finally... Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have 13 albums together, but never a number one until "Hypnotic Eye" this week... Thanks for reading and sharing...

The image at left was taken by an Oregon Air National Guard jet, of "fire clouds" over the Oregon/California border... The White House is pondering air strikes in Iraq because of the deteriorating situation there caused by President GWB when he mistakenly ordered U.S. military action to thwart a threat which not exist, and destabilized the hornet's nest that is the Middle East... One story not reported about the twin hurricanes which threaten Hawaii: It was a third hurricane, Iniki, which 20 years ago blew across Kauai, damaging fowl pens, causing the rooster population to multiply unchecked.... The senior stowaway who got aboard a jet from San Jose to LAX makes you wonder how many more simply slip past security... Big Pharma has not developed an Ebola vaccine because it cannot profit from it, which is the same reason we did not have enough flu vaccine a few years ago... The 500-year storm that dumped four inches of rain in one hour on SoCal did nothing to help end the drought... and finally.. Paul McCartney plays Dodger Stadium Sunday night...  Thanks for reading and sharing..

Comet coolness. The Rosetta spacecraft has caught up to a comet 250 million miles from Earth and NASA hopes to land on the comet later this year to see if comets carried life-creating materials to Earth... Two hurricanes and are heading for Hawaii... Nearly one in five students fail to graduate from LA high schools... West Hollywood's "House of Blues" will be torn down to make way for hotel complex. Saw some great shows and a great fight there... Talk about runaway production... Porn shoot permits in LA County drop 90% after new law requiring condoms... Crowd lifts train to save trapped man... Some Obamacare states have cut their number of uninsured in half... GOP folk in Texas say gay marriage leads to incest... Israel blames Hamas for Gaza deaths... Big American banks still resisting post-Great Recession "living wills" designed to protect consumers... and finally.. Happy Birthday, Kaelen!!  Thanks for reading and sharing...

Wage gap revelation.  S&P study says widening gap between wealthy and poor makes U.S. economy more prone to boom-bust cycles and slower to recover from Great Recession... An American General is killed by Afghan insider near Kabul... The monsoon that dumped 4 inches of rain on parts of SoCal Sunday was 500-year weather event... A small SD company of nine employees made the special serum given to two American Ebola patients.  The experimental serum had never been given to humans before... Iran helping Hamas with missile expertise against Israel... and finally... Scrabble dictionary adds 5,000 new words...Thanks for reading and sharing...

James Brady, the presidential press secretary wounded along with President Reagan, has died... So has Jess Marlow, former KNBC news anchor and one of the nicest guys I ever worked with in news... Hamas claims it does not use "human shields". Right... Who will be fired and/or recalled for squandering $200 million and turning OC's Great Park into a great sham? PF Chang security breach hit 33 restaurants including eight in California... Disney's "Small World" ride is turning 50... "Kill Switch" bill that would allow you to turn off your stolen smart phone is alive again in Sacramento... Those who say a doctor and missionary who contracted Ebola should not be treated in the U.S. would think differently if their son or daughter were stricken... and finally... Love that the Huskies, Trojans an Bruins are all ranked in the top 25...Thanks for reading and sharing...

President's Affordable Care Act increased health care rates by only 4.2% on average in CA. Sure, it's early, but a lot better than the double-digit increases we've seen annually for most of the past decade... UCLA now pulling hundreds of flooded and untouched cars from two campus parking garages following 20-million gallon water main flood... The 72 hour truce in Gaza lasted 90 minutes... LA street repair bureau lost $190 million it could have collected when utilities tear up roads. Audit also shows poor record when it comes to prioritizing major road repairs. Fire someone...The Colosseum in Rome is getting a $35 million dollar makeover financed by a leather goods millionaire... Radio Shack is on the brink. Its makeover should start with its name... "Great Bull Run" near LA cancelled for safety concerns... and finally...$1 million on the line during The Munga, a 620-mile bike rally through the South African desert... Thanks for reading and sharing...