Okay, so Bakersfield wasn't a surprise, but to us mainlanders who've never had a chance to visit the Islands Formerly Known as Sandwich, we're a bit shocked that Hawaii's got an apparently serious junk car problem. Having declared the island a "disaster area," alliteratively-named Governor Linda Lingle has authorized the towing of the cars to a site at the old Puunene Airport, a temporary location until the island can finally cobble together a Department of Health-certified scrapyard. Is it just us, or does "Old Puunene Airport" sound like a euphemism for female genitalia?

Lingle steps in to stem junk cars [The Maui News]

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The Gentrification of California is Now Complete: Bakersfield to Combat Junk Cars [Internal]

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