UPDATE: Under “the snowball is rolling” category (with apologies to my home town, Chicago, worst storm since 1967 …), the Calabasas city council heard an ordinance at its last session about “regulating the use of plastic carryout bags and recyclable paper bags and promote the use of reusable bags in the City,” according to a memo from the city attorney. Next step, slated for Feb. 9, is to formally adopt the ordinance by adding it to the city’s municipal code.

See you on the river, Jim Burns