A recent national study said 90 percent of the roads in the greater Ventura and Oxnard area could be classified as "poor" or "mediocre". We found that local driver's agreed. Staff writer Zeke Barlow (zbarlow@VenturaCountyStar.com) looks at our poor roads, how they got that way and what we're doing about it.

Also for Page One tomorrow, we may have an update on Dr. William Coburn, the Thousand Oaks physician accused of trading prescription drugs for a gun.

The county supervisors today may respond to the county grand jury's criticism of the operation of its Proposition 36 program. We'll cover those comments and determine how to play them.

And we're chasing a fairly unique story about a well-traveled snail. We don't know yet if we'll have it for tomorrow's story ... it's a slow developing story.

Off the wire, we're waiting to see if the president names a Supreme Court nominee today. It's possible. Also, we'll have a story on Hewlett Packard's massive job reduction and following Hurricane Emily as it builds up steam and heads back to land.