In the news today...

The man accused of abandoning his trailer to his dogs and leaving them to starve was in court yesterday. Could it be a coincidence his last name is Bone? I think not. He has plead no contest to animal cruelty and will mostly likely receive probation. The terms may include counseling and being prohibited from owning animals. Uh –yeah..

The poor couple attacked by the chimpanzees yesterday are recuperating at Loma Linda hospital. The man, St. James Davis (wait! He’s a Saint?) was very badly mauled (I’m talking REALLY BAD.) The two chimps involved in the attack were killed and the others that escaped have been captured. It is safe for you to let your children out now.

It’s hard to believe city planners are even contemplating allowing more dairies in Kern County. The county is currently in the process of suing a dairy in Buttonwillow for “dumping dark brown waste-water on public land an letting mosquitoes overrun the resulting 16-acre knee-high lagoon.” That’s just nasty.

This is pretty cool. A family whose home in the northwest was being threatened by development has been given the opportunity to move the house. The Pinnell family has lived there since 1956, but it looked like a new road was going to force them to move. Lennar Homes is going to give the family two lots, move the house, and finally “fence it off from the suburban homes next door.” Sounds like they going to blend in real well with their new neighbors.

This is funny. The Sheriff’s S.W.A.T. where called out to a home near Mojave Thursday to capture a man hiding inside. After a seven hour long stand off, they finally figured out there was no one home.