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...Hey, we're getting an Indian restaurant in Turlock! There is a sign at 1560 Fulkerth announcing that India Palace is coming soon. This is what we've been waiting for -- but we're leaving. Bad timing.

...AND it appears that we're getting a Hawaiian BBQ. An L&L is going in where Chubby's used to be at 1801 Countryside. They've got an Island-Asian fusion menu.

...I got my first new tomato plants in the ground yesterday. So I had to go snail stomping last night. We've also got a lot more slugs than usual. It's been so wet.

...NBC News had a great story last night about an American auto exec who gave it all up and went to Samoa to set-up a microeconomic business loan system to help impoverished families.

...A Miami church which painted its building a yellowish-orange is in trouble with the city.