- The City Council has released a statement expressing condolences to the family of Matilda Garnica. The letter says that the traffic plan for Valencia on July 4th was created by the traffic and streets department “along with the Sheriff’s Station and Los Angeles County fire department officials” and says 13 Deputies were patrolling the area. The letter says that Valencia Blvd is not closed for the event “as it is a critical major roadway for emergency services.” Finally, the Signal says some witnesses to the 4th of July crash are asking the City to pay for counseling. SIGNAL, CITY COUNCIL’S LETTER
- On Friday, investigators will close a portion of Valencia Blvd “to recreate the accident,” according to the Daily News. Also at the Daily News is information on a fund you can donate to if you want to help Garnica’s family DAILY NEWS
- Four brave students protest for fair and humane immigration reform just outside City Hall. They’ve even started a group called the “Santa Clarita Alliance for Immigration Advocacy” SIGNAL
- LA County Coroner releases sketch of victim whose bones were found in the Angeles National Forrest south of Acton after the Station Fire. The victim, thought to be female, and between 20 and 40 years old, is “now more than just a pile of bones- she has a face.” Amazing story on Jane Doe #87 SIGNAL
- CHP officer being investigated for early Monday Placerita Canyon crash SIGNAL
- Deputies want your help finding this 34 year old man who may have pointed a gun at someone on July 4 in Val Verde SCV SHERIFF
- CalWorks is “one of the most successful paid-to-work programs in the Country” according to some Democrats in the Legislature who say they will fight Schwarzenegger’s plans to end it. George Runner says the program is “too generous” SACRAMENTO NEWS & REVIEW
- State Controller John Chiang says the state’s computer system can’t handle changing 200,000 worker’s salaries to minimum wage. A fix won’t be ready until October 2012. Laugh out loud. AP
- The decision to call the Los Angeles River traditional navigable waters “may seem odd to people who know the L.A. River as a flood-control channel of treated water a few inches deep flowing between massive, graffiti-marred concrete banks strewn with rotting garbage and broken glass, and occasionally polluted with chemicals illegally dumped in storm drains and gutters that empty into it,” but that’s what the EPA has done according to the LA TIMES
- I did not feel the earthquake yesterday but just about everyone else I know did. I think I was walking my dog at the time KHTS
- Today at the Senior center, Buck McKeon is holding Medicare and Tricare ’roundtable’ with senior residents and representatives from Facey, Providence Holy Cross and something called the TriWest Healthcare Alliance KHTS
- “If (Valencia Boulevard) would have been closed to traffic, that mother and her family would today be home safe and sound, and my son, daughter, sister and myself would not be having nightmares of the tragic crash.My son has not been able to sleep and keeps crying about the dead woman’s body that lay covered with a white blanket hours after the crash.The city should at least feel obligated to offer counseling to the bystanders who are suffering from post-traumatic stress,” letter writer says.
- Lynne Plambeck complains about CLWA giving away free bottles of water at public events, saying the bottles are detrimental to the environment and “support the myth that bottled water is healthier than tap water.” SIGNAL
Finally, the Daily Brief will be on hiatus until Monday, 7/19/2010. Barring a major earthquake or the Santa Clara River overflowing its banks, posting by me will also be light to non-existent. (others may post so you should, by all means, check back).
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