District 11 Daily News Clips August 6, 2010

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• Governing Through a Disaster Lessons from the 1994 Northridge Earthquake

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2010/08/northridge_lessons.html

• Despite BP efforts to clean Gulf, nature will do most of it

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2012378622_oil17.html

• Eureka Fire Department assists Coast Guard in rescue

http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_15693253

• Wheelchair Game Competitors Bring Home Medals

http://www.gazettes.com/lifestyle/article_812df97b-28a6-5f78-aacd-30b211eb61e7.html

• California United Terminals moving to Port of L.A. from Long Beach

http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_15689063

• Desmond Bridge replacement nears vote

http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_15686480?nclick_check=1

• La Jolla residents noticing more night helicopter flights

Coastal residents in La Jolla are contending with an increasingly vexing problem: low-flying helicopters at night.

"There's always been aircraft and helicopters that go along the coast at night, but in the last six months it has increased to the point where we started putting a notepad next to the bed and taking notes when helicopters would fly over," said Ed Quinn, who lives on Camino De La Costa.

LINK: http://www.lajollalight.com/news/272712-la-jolla-residents-noticing-more-night-helicopter-flights

• Human smuggling attempts thwarted off San Diego coast

Federal patrols of the waters off the coast of San Diego intercepted two attempts by illegal immigrant smugglers in recent days.

LINK: http://www.examiner.com/x-15910-San-Diego-Crime-Examiner~y2010m8d5-Human-smuggling-attempts-thwarted-off-San-Diego-coast

• 206-Acre Security Zone Established Off Coronado

SAN DIEGO -- Boaters venturing south of San Diego Bay’s Zuniga Jetty should be on alert for red flags, strobe lights, screaming sirens and VHF radio broadcasts. Failing that, they should watch out for bullets ricocheting off the water.

LINK: http://www.thelog.com/news/logNewsArticle.aspx?x=11186

• Federal funds could hand lighthouse a lifeline

Pigeon Point Lighthouse is one step closer to raising the funds for long-awaited repairs that will return the South Coast beacon to the public after a U.S. House subcommittee has recommended $250,000 be spent renovating the California landmark.

http://www.hmbreview.com/articles/2010/08/04/news/doc4c59a1b48b416766385829.txt

DEEPWATER HORIZON:

• BP finishes pumping cement into Gulf well

BP finished pumping cement into its busted well in the Gulf of Mexico Thursday afternoon, a day after the company successfully drilled heavy mud into it.

LINK: <http://bit.ly/d0MxBM>