Hispanic Heritage month starts Friday. Staff writer Zeke Barlow explores the use of the term Hispanic and what it means to peple in Ventura County. Some believe it unites them; others say that it's a term that masks their true heritage and identity.

Also tomorrow, staff writer Charles Levin will be covering the fourth annual Ventura County Housing Conference. Charles wrote an advance on the conference today. It's an all-day session to talk about the area of "workforce housing" -- which is another way of saying that many people who work for a living can't afford to buy a house, or even rent a place, in Ventura County.

Tonight is the night that everything aligns itself at Yosemite National Park to recreate the famous Ansel Adams photo, "Autumn Moon." He took it Sept. 15, 1948, at 7:03 p.m. Everything aligns tonight to recreate the photo. If it works, you'll see it in tomorrow's paper. If you don't see it; then the clouds moved in or something else happened.

Also for tomorrow, we're looking into reports that the price of natural gas is going to go up. A lot. It may be up 33 percent by this winter for all of us. Makes you appreciate the fact that we don't have North Dakota winters.

Of course, we'll be covering President Bush's speech tonight from New Orleans and continuing to follow the confirmation hearings of Judge John Roberts.