Whereas home-owners in Los Angeles and San Francisco must carefully watch how much water they consume if they want to avoid a stiff surcharge, Sacramento's people have no limit on the amounts they use to wash their cars, fill their swimming-pools and keep their lawns lushly green.
Next it found a shell into which it could merge: Nova International Films, a Vancouver, Wash. film production outfit with no operational history in a decade but with an over-the-counter listing.