Posts tagged “closure”

Highway of Heavenly Views Turns Commute Into Hell

The New York Times writes about our local Highway 1/Devil’s Slide closure.

Not that the problems, or the need to make do, are new. The highway has been closed dozens of times because of unstable geology, once in 1995 when a rock slide caused it to drop eight feet. In all, the roadway has fallen 46 feet since 1937, when the state first paved it.

It’s easy to feel abandoned out here on the coast with commute/road/traffic problems – many people in this area don’t know about the closure, don’t know what Devil’s Slide is, haven’t heard of Montara, etc. So some national coverage of our local woes at least offers a bit of validation.

Ziff Davis Plans to Close Sync Magazine

Sync magazine, a men’s magazine devoted to electronic gear and gadgetry, will close after 18 months of publication. Here’s a recent feature, with slumbering lingerie models dreaming of electronics.

Gee, and they’re shutting down? I would’ve thought there’d be a huge market for this sort of dissonant imagery.

Just like, ahem, you know: chicks with guns

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