Morning Briefing, June 29

Today is Wednesday, June 29, the 180th day of 2011.

HEADLINES

TIDBITS

• Negotiations between the Hillsborough County School District and the teachers union that were set for today have been postponed until Thursday.
• The Hillsborough County Annual Hurricane Exercise is today. Emergency agencies from county departments and area cities will participate in a drill from 9 a.m. to noon at the Emergency Operations Center at 2711 E. Hanna Ave.

EVENTS

• 10:30 a.m. at the Seminole Heights Branch Library
• 7 p.m. Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn and Police Chief Jane Castor will to honor fallen officers Dave Curtis and Officer Jeff Kocab.
• 7 p.m.

See Patch's Events Calendar for the rest of today's happenings.

MEETINGS

City of Tampa

• 11 a.m. Tampa Fire Rescue will visit the Bob Gilbertson Central City YMCA's summer program to meet students and show them a fire engine.

Hillsborough County

• 9 a.m. Annual Hurricane Exercise, 2711 E. Hanna Av.
• 4:30 p.m. Soil and Water Conservation Board Meeting, Tampa Bay Wholesale Grower's Office, 2402 Airport Road, Plant City.

FORECAST

• Wednesday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 92. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
• Wednesday Night: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 77. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

POLLEN LEVEL

• Tree: No Activity
• Grass: Medium
• Weed: Low

TODAY IN HISTORY

• In 1613, the Globe Theatre in London burns to the ground.
• In 1956, the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System.
• In 1974, ballet master dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from the Soviet Union to Canada.

*Headlines compiled from Patch.com and other regional media outlets; Forecast and Pollen Level obtained from the National Weather Service and Weather.com; 'Today in History' items compiled from History.com, Wikipedia and other sources.