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Governor Brown signs bill to help protect and preserve California’s coast As tens of thousands gathered across the state for California Coastal Cleanup Day last week, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced that he has signed AB 754 by Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance), which gives taxpayers the opportunity to support coastal conservation efforts with the check of a box on their state income tax return. “The beauty and allure of California’s coast is unrivaled and this bill gives taxpayers a simple way to help keep it that way,” said Governor Brown. Each September, on the third Saturday of the month, Californians gather to take part in the state’s largest volunteer event, California Coastal Cleanup Day. Last year more than 65,000 volunteers removed nearly 770,000 pounds of trash and recyclables from California’s beaches, lakes and waterways. In 1993,
Madre Fire burns 250 Acres in Angeles National Forest Super scoopers, choppers and a DC10 help contain fire quickly, full containment Friday
A very quick air attack which included super scoopers from Canada , helicopters and a DC10 confined this Madre Fire to 250 acres – Photos by Terry Miller
By Terry Miller The huge plume of smoke could be seen for miles on a clear and warm Sept. evening Monday as guests were enjoying the annual Taste of Arcadia at the Los Angeles County Arboretum. Many guests at the event - police officers and firefighters as well as this reporter, rushed to the scene near Highway 39.
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Live horse racing returns Friday at Santa Anita 24 Day Autumn Meet Highlighted by Breeders' Cup Santa Anita Park and the Thoroughbred Owners of California (TOC) have announced they will jointly offer fans a $50,000 Pick Six Bonus on all non-carryover Sundays, throughout Santa Anita upcoming Autumn Meet, which opens Friday, Sept. 27. In addition to the Pick Six Bonus, Santa Anita will also be guaranteeing pools of $400,000 and $200,000 in the weekend and weekday Late Pick Four pools. “We are very excited
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to have been able to reach this agreement with TOC, and we’re all looking forward to offering this very popular Pick Six Bonus to our fans here in California and across the country,” said Santa Anita’s Senior Vice President, Racing & Gaming, Tom Ludt. “This Pick Six model has proven extremely popular over the past two years at Del Mar and we have no doubt it will be here at Santa Anita as well. Please see page 3
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The traffic was bumper-tobumper on the freeway, in part due to people looking at the fire and taking video with their iPhones while driving. Evacuation orders were lifted by Tuesday morning at the Madre Fire, but firefighters are still battling a brush fire burning in the Angeles National Forest behind Azusa. As of early Tuesday morning the blaze has
burned 200 acres and was only 5 percent contained. The fire was moving north-west over a ridge away from several homes and further into the forest. The blaze broke out around 6 p.m. Monday near San Gabriel Canyon Road and Sierra Madre Avenue. Los Angeles firefighters asked for the Canadian superscoopers and choppers attack the fire. Please see page 4
Following rash of highway incidents, motorists urged to move over and slow for cone zone Caltrans, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) and the Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) today are calling on all Californians for their help in the ongoing effort to make highway work zones safer. According to published reports, since September 16 four incidents, all of which were
preventable, resulted in injuries to 15 persons: On Sept. 16, a headon collision between a passenger vehicle and a Caltrans truck on State Route 20 in Mendocino County sent both drivers and their passengers to the hospital with major Please see page 2