For the intersection in question, the one I’ve been discussing here and here, there is a new development: Today, as I was driving through the rain-soaked streets, I noticed that a large cluster of “No on Prop 8″ people stood on one corner while three “McCain & Palin” supporters stood on the other side. At this point, it seems like we drivers are used to such a scene and there wasn’t much honking. What little honking I did hear was for the McCain and Palin folks. I wonder if this is my little bureau of LA’s way of supporting Prop 8, meaning if you vote for McCain and Palin, then you must be in support of Prop 8.

Later that day, I drove east to La Canada, which is a pretty ritzy part of suburbia in the green hills near Pasadena and Glendale. When I exited off the 210, I immediately hit an intersection taken over by Yes people. When I made a left into the neighborhood I had come to visit, I saw every lawn and home had either a “Yes on 8″ sign or “McCain/Palin” sign. But then, I made another left deeper into the neighborhood and saw that this particular street was all about Obama and “No on 8.”

Even later that day,  I met up with AH in Glendale. We sat in Conrad’s, a nifty little diner that AH says is an oasis of Armenian culture in East LA. I told her about the politics of my own little city north of Los Angeles and then that of La Canada. AH said that it didn’t surprise her that La Canada seemed more vocal about supporting Prop 8. Apparently, Pasadena was founded by a conservatives from Indianapolis and such a relation has colored the politics of the city. But again, what surprised AH most was how much activity Los Angeles was generating over this election.

In her words: “California’s supposed to be laid back and chill. What’s up with everyone caring?!”

Three days till the election!