This is not the first time the Forest Service's management practices for the Giant Sequoia National Monument have been questioned. In 2006, a federal judge ruled that the Forest Service's 2003 monument management plan failed to comply with federal environmental laws.
*Marie Van Brittan Brown was born on this date in 1922. She was an African American nurse and inventor. Born Marie Van Brittan in Jamaica, Queens, New York City, in 1966 she had the idea for a home surveillance device. She applied for a patent along with her husband Albert Brown in 1966 for a closed circuit television security system.
Brianna Lynn Brown is an American actress and producer. She is known for her television roles as Lisa Niles in the ABC soap opera General Hospital, and as Taylor Stappord in the Lifetime series Devious Maids.