Actually, what Managing Editor Rich Luna said at our 9 a.m. budget meeting was that it's a "good day for news to break."
There are a couple of interesting stories on the horizon for the day, but it's a day where we wouldn't mind news happening.

Locally, we're going to take a look at Cinco de Mayo. Staff writer Angelica Martinez (amartinez@VenturaCountyStar.com) will examine a little of the history (it's NOT Mexico's Independence Day) and how the day has been hijacked by U.S. business community to create parties.

We're also working on a story about the impact of community college budget cuts on Latino students. The cuts, obviously, affect all students, but studies show that 3 out of 4 Latino college students in California start their college careers in community colleges. Education writer John Scheibe (jscheibe@VenturaCountyStar.com) is writing that piece.

Those of you who read yesterday's blog may have gone looking for the story about the new electronic's store coming to the county. Well, we didn't get all the returned calls we wanted and held the story. It should run tomorrow.

Off the wires, we're following the arrest of a Pentagon analyst on charges he passed classified information about U.S. forces in Iraq to a pro-Israel group. And we'll take a look at an investigative piece offered by The Associated Press that shows that hundreds of foster children were enrolled in studies testing AIDS drugs over the past 20 years, without the basic protection afforded by federal and state law of those who join research projects.