Duty calls away from the desk so it's Morning Buzz Lite today...

Don't even pretend you're surprised
Frank Gehry's vision of the Grand Avenue project is running about 40% over the original budget. He's looking for ways to contain costs. Same for the LAPD headquarters, of course.
City and ACLU agree to end Skid Row tent camps
LAPD will be free to arrest daytime sleepers or anyone even lying down in public downtown, Chief Bratton tells the Times.
You didn't win a genius grant — again
But UCLA mathematician Terence Tao did. He's 31.
No change on Hathout
The Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission reaffirmed its award to Muslim leader Maher Hathout despite an outcry from some Jewish organizations.
Judge Real to defend himself
U.S. District Court Judge Manuel Real will head to Washington for a Thursday hearing that might lead to impeachment over seven-year-old charges that he helped a woman in bankruptcy proceedings after overseeing her probation in an unrelated case, says the Daily Journal.
Annenberg dean
LA Biz Observed is right: USC Annenberg dean Geoffrey Cowan's decision to retire next year did get remarkably little play. Completely missed it here. Here's the release.
Malibu nature
Veronique de Turenne comes face to face with a hawk.
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LA Biz Observed
8:44 AM Sat | Bev Hills billionaire Ron Burkle has $56 million in loans against his two houses. The McCourts have borrowed $28 million on their properties.
Native Intelligence
Jenny Price | Advice for Greenies in a Complicated World
TJ Sullivan | Steve Jones, the self-proclaimed Sire of Wilshire (a nod to the physical address of his former home at Indie 103.1 FM), is back on the air!
Erika Schickel | She gaped at me like I was living history -- Miss Jane Pittman come to put her withered lips to the "Young Only" fountain straw of ageism.
Bill Boyarsky
As newspapers and television pull back from investigative reporting, foundations and other organizations are beginning to fill the void. One of the most interesting is Accountable California, a project of Local 721 of the Service Employees International Union.
Jenny Burman
Thinking more about buying less.
Here in Malibu
This drains to the ocean.
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