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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:43:22 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>*Gasp</title>
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<description><![CDATA[1d6h            -                   Southern California  

This place is turning into the Chicago Forum.
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<pubDate>2010-02-07 22:52:52</pubDate>
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<title>Northrup Grumman HQ leaving California</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Well I guess not all corporate CEOs feel California is "the bomb".  http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-northrop5-2010jan05,0,974978.story

While it's only the HQ section and a small amount of jobs, it's a first step.  It's also interesting that the article mentions the recent flight of several other notables like Hilton.  I also see that it's possible that like Lockheed who has slowly migrated manufacturing out of the state, NG will do the same as programs in its current facilities ramp down.  In fact its proposal for a replacement airborne tanker would have been built mainly in Alabama.

In another 10-15 years all this state will have left is tech and service jobs as we will have driven manufacturing and farming out of the state.  (Of course farming is going to go more thanks to Uncle Sam.)
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<pubDate>2010-01-05 12:08:29</pubDate>
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<title>CA wants to get rid of all free parking</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The do-gooder nanny staters are getting frigging ridiculous. Lawmakers need to need to stop trying to increase the cost of living in CA. 
The bill, supported by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Sierra Club, provides financial incentives for cities and counties to stop providing free parking on the street and at government offices and to reduce the amount they require businesses to provide.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-free-parking29-2010jan29,0,211620.story

Reducing the amount of parking that businesses are required to include in projects is not always a bad idea though.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2010-01-29 17:10:41</pubDate>
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<title>SoCal job market and economy in general, Jan 2010</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I must admit, this job market seems brutal.
  
One buddy of mine, a career real estate loan originator, was laid off about 16 Months ago.  At that time his base salary was right at $98K  + bonuses .  Back in the real estate go-go days of yore, he was pulling down mid-low six figures (and living above that).

He just got an offer from Wells Fargo to work in their loan department:  $36K/Year

Another bud, in Dallas, worked as an internal auditor for a company that owns about 60 TeeeVee stations in the Mid West and South East for the past 7 years.  25 years accounting experience. He was making right at $80K (great for TX, ... and he and his wife were living somewhat below their means.)  Laid of early summer 09, finally found a contract job with Merrill Lynch that started Thanksgiving week.  Makes the equivalent of $35K/Yr.  His wife, who was making more than he was before he was laid off, as some upper mid level muckety-muck at a national bank wants to quit her job.  Why?  Her bank laid off scores, and now they have her working 12 hour days, six days a week.  BTW, Merrill is working his ass off as well.

So many folks who are still working are really making half the pay since they are being "compelled" to work twice the hours.  I routinely get my emails answered by my Verizon Business rep at 8pm or 9pm pacific time, and she's in Tulsa, OK!

The good side of this recession is that the cost of crap has gone down.  11 years ago, we paid AT&T $600/Mb for Internet access. I can purchase Access today for $2.40/Mb.  Of course home prices are about 35% - 45% off bubble peak in SoCal, about 50%+ off in Clark County (BTW, if you want to buy, now is the time).  I'm looking to replace the carpets with hardwood "Engineered" flooring.  I looked into this 2 years ago, the HD Expo quoted me 14.95 per sq. ft. excluding installation.  Total $22,425.00  for 1500s.f.  Now they are out of business, and that same exact flooring was quoted to me last week for $1.90 sq. ft. ... $2850 now, 90% less.

It seems to me, more and more of my unemployed friends and acquaintances are beginning to come back into the work force, but at no where near their previous salary.  Those who were fortunate enough to keep their gigs, are being worked like Hebrew slaves.

This post was originally in response to uid://214151 in uid://1487982's topic.  But I wanted to basically poll everyone and see if what I am observing out there is reality?

What's the job landscape really like?  Are living expenses going down as well from your perspective?]]></description>
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<pubDate>2010-01-27 01:43:50</pubDate>
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<title>Pack of dogs escape yard, maul Fontana kids</title>
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<description><![CDATA[http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/inland_empire&id=7252812]]></description>
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<pubDate>2010-02-02 16:04:29</pubDate>
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<title>C-17 Production Line in 2010?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/01/white.house.budget/index.html?hpt=T1

Crap, new budget proposed no more C-17 buys. What does this mean for Long Beach? Boeing going to keep the factory going on the basis of foreign sales?

Hoping Feinstein and Boxer are going to get off their asses and fight this.
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<pubDate>2010-02-01 18:49:04</pubDate>
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<title>plAcE to gO in CAli</title>
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I just moved out from Italy to California and I am new here so I am not certain on places that I need to visit. I will be here for 2 months or so and I wanted to enjoy and see and experience the beauty of the Golden State. 

Also I am still at the hotel now and it seems great to live in a certain place aside from hotel. Any ideas where should I go for a nightout or perhaps a place to relax.

Thanks,

Roxy]]></description>
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<pubDate>2010-02-01 22:54:02</pubDate>
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<title>More Winter</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Punxsutawney Phil says six more weeks of winter]]></description>
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<pubDate>2010-02-02 10:36:04</pubDate>
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<title>Need Some &#x22;Geographical&#x22; Assistance..</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Hi All, 

Pardon the intrusion...got some "touristy" type questions and could use some assistance re:transportation...we know NOTHING about the area, have never been, and probably won't get out that way again anytime too soon...so hoping to cram in as much as we can...

Hubby and I are LA bound in a few weeks...we're spending 4 days in LA before departing out of San Pedro on a cruise on Sunday..our plan right now is to stay down toward San Pedro for the duration...coming in on Wednesday, and departing on the cruise on Sunday...but would we be better served staying somewhere more "downtown" and then moving down to San Pedro on Saturday??

We're hoping to do some "touristy" stuff while we're there...but not sure if we should rent a car, or if public transport would suffice (taxis, buses, ?subway?)??  We're looking toward the "typical" stuff: Rodeo Drive, Hollywood, Malibu, the Star Walk, all that stuff, and MAYBE a day down in San Diego...

Any thoughts?  

Thanks in Advance... 
:)
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~~~RCL Liberty of the Seas-Nov 2008~~~

~~~A bad day of vacation, still beats a good day at work~~~

~^~^~Proud Parrothead~^~^~

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<pubDate>2010-02-01 13:10:23</pubDate>
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