Fundingraisers for schools, particularly in affluent neighborhoods, are going upscale and modern. Staff writer Jean Moore (jcmoore@venturacountystar.com) looks at the trend in tomorrow's Star. Schools are still doing the bake sales and magazine drives. But others are holding silent auctions and dinner dances where the take can exceed $100,000. And that, of course, is drawing a clearer line between schools that have that revenue stream ... and schools that make $3,000 a year from parents' groups.

Also for tomorrow, we're watching the surf to see if predictions of high surf today come true. And what it will mean for surfers and for beach homes.

We'll have another story in our coverage of Ventura County Seabees in the Gulf Coast. Plus more coverage off the wires of Katrina.

And Gov. Schwarzenegger is expected to announce today that he's running for re-election next year.