Morning Buzz: Thursday 8.16.07

Modern traffic signals will be installed at 361 intersections and 33 left-turn arrows added. That's all good, but Councilman Bill Rosendahl should switch to lower-dosage hyperbole pills: "We're in total gridlock on the Westside." Total gridlock? Also, councilmembers Greuel and Weiss have a plan for traffic. LAT, DN

Many crucial questions remain unanswered, Celeste Fremon says in LA Weekly. LAW

Home Depot's bid to open on Foothill Boulevard will need to complete the full environmental review first, as demanded by local opponents. This is the project where advocates were exposed busing in "supporters" and threatened to sue the residents' group that posted a strategy memo. LAT, DN

Passengers would reach the ten new gates west of the Bradley International Terminal via underground people mover. LAT, Breeze

Michael Rodriguez started Wednesday as interim general manager of KVEA, in the wake of the Mirthala Salinas ethics dustup. He's interesting because his older brother, Ray Rodriguez, is president and CEO of rival Univision. LAT

Richard Ramirez had been found stabbed in his backyard on June 20. Mercury-News

While the wall-posted information for "The Arts in Latin America" is only in English — due to space limitations, says the museum — the free brochure, audio tour and catalog include Spanish. LA Weekly

And the Galaxy win. LAT, DN

Judy Pasternak of the Times' Washington bureau won the 2007 James V. Risser Prize for Western Environmental Journalism for a four-part series on the U.S. government legacy of uranium mining on the Navajo lands.