Posts Tagged ‘bluoz’

Art Car Wars: Sausalito vs. San Francisco – Alternative Fuel Source? Baby Juice

Monday, October 12th, 2009

First check out the Sausalito entry here at Bluoz.com and then check out the photos below, as seen in the Western Addition.

This vehicle used to be a Honda Civic:

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Here’s a close-up of the trunk:

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Click to expand, or not.

The Civic owner is a fan of thrash metal band GWAR, believe it or not.

The winner? San Francisco, by a nose.

Is Carjacking Really a Petty Crime in California?

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

From the quote of the day over at bluoz. Check it out.

“…is designed to prevent people from going to jail for committing a petty crime. If a person does a carjacking, wouldn’t you rather they get services than be thrown in jail?”

Does the above suggest that carjacking is a minor offense? A petty crime? 

Carjacking is straight-up robbery. So if you get a couple convictions of even the pettiest of carjackings, you are just one strike away from the perfecta of the three strikes law.

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Once you have two carjackings under your belt in California, a subsequent crime such as stealing four chocolate chip cookies can land you in the hoosegow for 25 years to life.

Carjacking is a felony per se. Something to think about…