One of the least known road closures stemming from the January storms was Highway 33 out of Lockwood Valley. Residents in that far corner of Ventura County found themselves having to go over to Interstate 5 to head to work -- turning an 80-minute commute into a 150-minute commute. But Caltrans says the road is finally ready for traffic. Staff writer Charles Levin (clevin@VenturaCountyStar.com) visited the road work and talked to the residents in that remote corner of our world in a story for tomorrow's Page One.

Sacramento bureau chief Timm Herdt (therdt@VenturaCountyStar.com) is covering Controller Steve Westly's push today against the federal energy bill. Westly, of course, is also angling for the Democratic nomination for governor next year.

And remember that story about the CDs in the libraries and schools? Read it yet in your morning paper? I didn't think so. It's still on our schedule, still ready to go, still waiting for the right moment to publish it.

Off the wires, we'll be following the Senate committee vote on U.N. ambassador nominee John Bolton and the latest from Iraq.