Week In Review

The first phase of the traffic improvement project will include replacing traffic controllers at 22 intersections and installing the city’s first cameras at some of the city’s busiest intersections like MacArthur Boulevard and East Coast Highway and MacArthur Boulevard and San Miguel Drive.

More traffic controllers and cameras will be installed in subsequent phases of the project over a period of several years. The first phase of the project is scheduled for completion in December.

PUBLIC SAFETY

Case on Hurley intern still unsolved; police seeking tips

The toxicology report was released Tuesday for a 23-year-old surfing intern for the Costa Mesa-based Hurley International company.

The cause of death for Huntington Beach resident Dane Williams is still undetermined, a rare occurrence for the San Diego County Medical-Examiner, officials said.

Williams’ blood alcohol level was .17, more than twice the legal limit, and trace amounts of chemicals found in tonic water and Valium were also there. The mixture was minimal and likely not enough to cause death, officials said.

Williams disappeared on a late January night after drinking with friends in San Diego, where they attended a marketing convention. His body was found three days later in an alley miles from the last place he was seen alive. There were no obvious signs of a homicide.

Police are relying on forensic experts to find leads from the little evidence left at the scene, and any witnesses who step forward. So far, no one has come forward with information, police said.