Diamond Bar: July 2008 Archives

I didn't understand where the LA Times was going with it's earthquake story this morning. Even though the story had A1 placement, the lede was long and convoluted. The photos were beautiful though. Especially the image of a worker cleaning glass from a broken window at Pomona City Hall.

The story didn't even crack A1 in the New York Times, instead it led with the indictment of U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska. The quake (and another nice photo of Pomona City Hall) story is on A11.

Interestingly, the NY Times quake story cites Los Angeles County Sheriff's Lt. John Saleeby, of the Walnut Diamond Bar substation as a source.

They should have called him months ago. -- He's known among reporters in this newsroom for famously saying: "Nothing's going on. But I'm waiting for the big one. It's coming any day now. I'm sure you've read about it in Bible."

Well Lt. Saleeby, nice call. But there are those who still claim the temblor wasn't a "Big One" just moderate. 

This from City News Service:

GARDEN GROVE -- A man suspected in a fatal hit-and-run collision in that killed a Diamond Bar resident was arrested over the weekend on suspicion drunken driving and other crimes, the California Highway Patrol said.
Eduardo Aguilera Orozco, 25, of Anaheim, was allegedly driving a 2005 Chevrolet Malibu east on the 22 Freeway in Garden Grove about 2:50 a.m. Saturday when he rear-ended a 2004 Toyota Sequoia near Harbor Boulevard, causing the SUV to roll several times, a CHP dispatcher said.
Mukhtar Bagum, 64, of Diamond Bar, who was in the SUV, died at the scene, said Larry Esslinger of the coroner's office.
A 1-year-old girl, 12-year-old girl and 5-year-old boy in the Sequoia suffered minor injuries, the CHP dispatcher said.
Bagum's 28-year-old son, who had been driving the SUV, and two other passengers were unhurt.
Orozco, who had minor injuries, allegedly fled on foot, the dispatcher said.
The dispatcher said Orozco was arrested about 1:50 p.m. Saturday and booked on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence, hit and run and drunken driving -- all felonies.