Pedestrian Involved Crashes Are Up in Los Angeles County

    --Auto Club of Southern California

    Secretary of Business Transportation and Housing, Auto Club and
    Glendale Police To Emphasize Need for Back-to-School Safety

VISUALS:  First and second graders, Auto Club's robotic car, "Otto the
          Auto" giving children pedestrian safety tips, children 
          crossing street with aid of news conference participants, 
          video of new Auto Club pedestrian safety campaign, "Let's 
          Watch Out for Each Other" which is being broadcast over the 
          next three weeks.
         
WHO:      California Secretary of Business, Transportation and 
          Housing, Maria Contreras-Sweet, Auto Club President Tom 
          McKernan, Glendale Police Lt. Don Meredith

WHAT:     The number of school-age children being killed and injured 
          in pedestrian-related accidents is rising in Los Angeles 
          County and California as a whole. News conference 
          participants will discuss ways to bring the numbers down.

WHERE:    Verdugo Woodlands Elementary School
          1751 N. Verdugo Road
          Glendale

WHEN:     10 a.m.