Today is the first day of Disneyland's 18-month celebration of its 50th anniversary (most of us who turn 50 are happy to keep the celebration to under an hour). Staff writer Stephanie Hoops (shoops@VenturaCountyStar.com) is on the scene today for the festivities and will bring you a report in tomorrow's Star. We're planning additional coverage of Disneyland -- an icon in our lives in Southern California -- and are looking for your stories about your adventures at Adventureland, or elsewhere at Disneyland. If you want to share your stories send us an email at: feedback@VenturaCountyStar.com.

The sound of music is echoing through schools and libraries in Ventura County thanks to anti-trust settlement between states and the music industry over price fixing. The music industry agreed to distributed about $75 million in CDs nationwide. And the tunes are arriving: Jessica Simpson, Cypress Hill, Linda Ronstadt, Wu-Tang Clan. Staff writer Zeke Barlow (zbarlow@VenturaCountyStar.com) finds out what the libraries and schools are planing to due with the tunes.

Off the wire, we'll watch for continuing coverage out of Iraq and we'll be following the election in Great Britain.