LA Observed: Afternoon snack

Afternoon snack

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♦ West L.A. Online suggests a trade: a new FBI building in Westwood in exchange for federal support to build the Wilshire subway.
♦ Mayor Villaraigosa has really been working the angles to get the Times on board with his agenda. Looks as if tomorrow he will privately brief the editorial board on his education reform plans before the TV announcement at 5:30 pm.
♦ Animal Services chief Ed Boks blogs his remarks before a City council committee today.
♦ Covering the latest L.A. River revival talk, by Martin Kasindorf in USA Today.
♦ Did the Daily Breeze "visually plagiarize" a layout?
♦ Defamer thinks Lindsay Lohan used a butt-crack double on SNL the other night, and spots Katie Holmes on the loose in Barney's.
♦ Channel One is moving its newsroom from Los Angeles to Washington D.C.
♦ Ann Louise Bardach is on "The Tavis Smiley Show" on PBS tonight talking about Miami and Cuban politics, on the 45th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs invasion.
♦ Catching up: Jack Robinson is leaving the Times' Business desk to be managing editor at the Fresno Bee.

6:41 PM Monday, April 17 2006 • Link
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