The first is the continuing saga of the California brown-outs. These were quite devastating to the Golden State economy, but amusing to me anyway. Californians have a reputation for acting superior because Hollywood just happens to be out there and because it's the most crowded state. But the stereotype of the California yuppie snob may be pretty accurate. Oregon, Idaho and Washington have taken out ads in newspapers telling Californians not to move to their states.
Nobody wants 'em.
Three times now, snooty-pants Californians got a nasty shock when people turned on their espresso machines and nothing happened. Growth and immigration has stuffed that state full of people, all of whom need electricity and water. During the brownouts, Dozens of Silicon Valley millionaires couldn't get on line to check their bank accounts. Serves California right. Their wild desert land is being bulldozed for new homes, and over-development since the 1940s has causing erosion, water shortages and wildfires.