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Smelly beaches in the South Bay, no new Wal-Mart in the Valley, horny females on Channel 2 and the winners of the Golden Globes—plus where Alex Padilla will eat breakfast today, Mark Sarvas' secrets, Chip Jacobs' website and Cathy Seipp's dad. Turn the page for the full morning briefing, including links to the front pages you most want to see.
And: You haven't seen a newsroom memo until you've seen this one from Newsday (via Gawker) announcing thirty-eight personnel moves.
Photo of Golden Globes detritus by Mario Anzuoni of Reuters.
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♦ A few dozen foreign journos not especially noted for their taste in films gave out the Golden Globe awards, after many beautiful stars (and some clunkers) strolled the red carpet at the Beverly Hilton. Speeches, after-parties and hundreds of media stories ensued. List of winners.
♦ That pumping station malfunction in Manhattan Beach has turned into the worst spill of raw sewage—two million gallons at least—into Santa Monica Bay in a decade. And for now, officials don't know what happened.
♦ The blog Independent Sources counted the time devoted to each news story on Channel 2 at 6 pm yesterday. The winner at 104 seconds: caffeine might boost female sex drive.
♦ Wal-Mart withdrew plans for a new store at Nordhoff and Tampa in Northridge, citing demands for an EIR. 'Course, they already have a store close by in Porter Ranch.
♦ This is the twelfth anniversary of the Northridge earthquake. Who can forget waking up into citywide darkness, and in some ways a new era, at 4:31 am.
♦ Councilman and state Senate hopeful Alex Padilla speaks at a breakfast gathering of Emma Schafer's Current Affairs Forum at the Wilshire Grand. Seats have been hard to come by for this one, I've been told.
♦ Andrew Gumbel and Amy Alkon took in Scientology's anti-psychiatry museum in Hollywood—and didn't get taken in.
♦ Valley activist David Hernandez is cranking up his county seal protest again, this time to boost his candidacy for Board of Supervisors.
♦ Organizers considered cancelling the Rose Parade due to threat of lightning. Earlier story in the Pasadena Star-News.
♦ Los Angeles writer Chip Jacobs has a new website.
♦ Cathy Seipp's dad is the listing broker for an intact Richard Neutra home that is for sale in San Diego County.