Notes from Wednesday's in-box

• Denise Hamilton's newest Eve Diamond novel, Savage Garden, hits the shelves on May 3. There's a Jayson Blair-like subplot swirling around our favorite fictional LAT reporter.
• Tim Brown, the LAT's lead baseball writer, declares the Angels "the best organization in town, name the sport." By town, he means L.A. Meanwhile, one game into the season, most Dodgers are already not talking to T.J. Simers. He tells me something I didn't know, that new pitcher Scott Erickson is married to TV reporter Lisa Guerrero.
• KCRW is moving LAT columnist Dan Neil's weekly commentary The Road Less Traveled to Mondays at 4:44 p.m., replacing Joe Hagan (who has moved to a new beat at the New York Observer.) New slot begins April 18.
• Xeni Jardin of Boing Boing, Wired and NPR's "Day to Day" answered questions for the LAist Interview.
• City Controller Laura Chick will release her audit of the Department of Public Works Thursday at 10 a.m.
• The Central City Association will give its annual Treasures of L.A. awards on April 28 to Steven B. Sample, Sherry Lansing, Julius Shulman, Bob Mackie, Dr. Jorge Lazareff & Dr. Henry Kawamoto, Pink's Hot Dogs, Chuck Yeager, New Directions, L.A. Fire Dept. Urban Search & Rescue and Glendale Costco employees, and Helen Johnson & Juanita Tate.