... the driver's window, I saw a woman pressing a cell phone to her ear. I wondered if she'd forgotten she was speeding down the road at 65 miles per hour. If I hadn't seen the phone, I would have assumed she was driving drunk. Its funny how stupid and incompetent people can be when they combine ... , according to a recent analysis by The Times. Also, a few weeks ago the California Highway Patrol released a report that said talking on cell phones is the leading cause of crashes attributed to driver distraction. Despite the danger, you can't legislate a solution. It comes back to taking perso...

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... accidentally killed Robert Thompson. "That evening a mob of about 500 whites killed 19 Chinese and looted Negro Alley. Every Chinese-occupied building on the block was ransacked and almost every resident was robbed. The man who actually shot Thompson escaped punishment, and only a few of the guilty members were ... outraged and infuriated the people, particularly the people of Watsonville. Most of this fury was targeted on a taxi dance hall just a few miles from Watsonville in Palm Beach. The rumor was that there were young white women being courted in this particular dance hall. Outrage...

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... of water falling beneath it. Steel towers carrying power, ah yes, power. "A billboard: MAKE YOUR NEXT DATE A TWO-BAGGER. Two people pictured, each with potato chip bag over head. Billboard: SO MANY MESSAGES, SUCH LITTLE TIME, METRO CELL CELLULAR. Billboard: PICK UP THE PHONE INSTEAD OF THE ... other than horizontal reflective strips" (Sudjic). Detours mark the yellow dust of heavy construction that seems a permanent feature of the landscape. This is, after all, an ever-expanding cascade of business and growth. Tasteful signs mark corporations named Imtrex, Avantor, and Synovus. Then the ...

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