Afternoon snacks

Mayor Villaraigosa announced today that his initiative to deploy traffic officers during the rush hour will soon cover 51 intersections. Just for the record, every one is listed after the jump.
Brady Westwater, president of the Downtown Neighborhood Council, finds massive fault with a Times opinion piece on gentrification of Skid Row. He calls it the "single most moronic article in the history of the Times."
Nick Harder, the Orange County Register's home improvement columnist, died at age 61. He had diabetes and underwent triple-bypass surgery last year. Nice observation from the paper's story: he would sometimes meet readers at Home Depot or Lowe's to help with advice.
Looks who's involved in the Board of Supes decision to put $4 million into a county television station: former City Hall cable maven Susan Herman.
Greg Maddux starts at home for the first time as the Dodgers go for their 11th straight win.

Following are all the intersections with traffic officers assigned. By the way, the mayor says to not get all jumpy if you see the officers standing on the sidewalk or sitting idly in their official Ford Escorts. They are only supposed to risk their lives out in the middle of the street when traffic starts to snarl.

Newly added intersections:
Hope and Temple
Vermont and Wilshire
La Cienega Blvd. & Olympic Blvd.
Dickens and Sepulveda Blvd.
Crenshaw and Slauson
Crenshaw and Florence
Crenshaw and Vernon
7th and Grand
Crenshaw and Martin Luther King Jr
Pico and Bundy
Santa Monica and Sawtelle
Topanga Cyn Blvd. and Rte 118 WB Ramps
Beverly Blvd and Vermont Ave.

Already covered:

Vermont and Pico
Vermont and Washington
Ventura Blvd. and Coldwater
Ventura Blvd. and Laurel Canyon
Ventura Blvd. and Van Nuys
Reseda and Burbank
Reseda and Clark
Argyle and Franklin
Cahuenga and Barham
Los Feliz and Griffith Park
Melrose and Highland
Hollywood and Highland
Rossmore and Beverly
Overland and National Bl
Overland and National Pl
Ventura Bl and Beverly Glen
Ventura Bl and Sepulveda
Santa Monica and Westwood
Veteran and Sunset
Wilshire and Westwood
Sepulveda and Roscoe
Victory and Coldwater
Victory and Sepulveda
Hubbard and Foothill
San Fernando Rd and Van Nuys
Van Nuys and Foothill
Crenshaw and Stocker
16th and San Pedro
1st and Alameda
5th and Figueroa
Sunset and Sepulveda
Reseda and Roscoe
Highland and Sunset
San Fernando Rd and Fletcher
Soto and Washington
Gaffey and 9th St.
Imperial and Central
La Cienega and Fairfax