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• Immigration officials already are tightening security in Los Angeles for the Summer Olympics.
  Too late, however, to keep out most Californians....
• Not the Sharpest Knife in the Drawer! Police in Oakland, California spent two hours attempting to subdue a gunman who had barricaded himself inside his home.
  After firing ten tear gas canisters, officers discovered that the man was standing beside them, shouting pleas to come out and give himself up....
• The following are actual stories told by travellers from Mendocino County, CA to travel agents in the UK.
  (And you wonder why US citizens generally score less than the rest of the world on geography....
• Dead Men Read No Mail My father died on Jan 02, 1995.
  He left no forwarding address. Therefore, it fell to me to collect his mail....
• Los Angeles Times, February 8: At 3,998 meters, the Fletschhorn just fails to make the exclusive club of a string of peaks known as the "4,000ers," such as the 4,478-meter Matterhorn.
  A surprising number of mountain climbers decide against climbing the Fletschhorn because it is a couple of meters short of of 4,000....
• A Los Angeles judge ruled that "a citizen may snore with immunity in his own home, even though he may be in possession of unusual and exceptional ability in that particular field.
• In Los Angeles, McDonalds quickly reacted to the highway shootings.
  They came out with 'Happy To Be Alive Meals.' LA is a real strange place....
• Facts I'm Not Sure You Really Need to Know: ** In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.
  ** Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches....