L.A.'s Budget Problems to Get Worse, SLO's Steelhead Trout Population on the Rise & More

By Zach Behrens

January 10, 2011

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A look at what other news agencies are saying about Southern California:

The City Maven: L.A.'s current budget woes are just the beginning. A "tsunami" is coming, warns the city's top budget official.
LA Now: There are at least 380 victims of credit and debit card fraud stemming from a Sierra Madre gas station.
BakersfieldNow: A recent truck accident in the Grapevine is raising questions about truck escape routes along the corridor.
LA Weekly: Loyola Marymount University has released an analysis of L.A. voters and Prop 19, the failed marijuana legalization effort.
Desert Dispatch: A new public transit bus route between Barstow and Victorville begins next week.
LAist: LA Arts Month is underway!

LAObserved: Nice photo of snow and cloud cover over the basin from Baldy Village.

SLO Tribune: Steelhead trout are making a comeback in San Luis Obispo County streams.

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