The corner at ground zero of Northridge's shopping mall hell had the most traffic accidents of any intersection in the Valley last year: 52. Laurel Canyon and Ventura was next with 49, says the Daily News. DN Speaking of, the DN also finds that lifeguards on L.A. County beaches have driven over five sunbathers in recent years.

Mayor Villaraigosa's plan to cover the city with wireless internet access is "more likely to be a fiasco than a help," Los Angeles Business Journal Editor Charles Crumpley writes in this week's issue. Steven Titch, a Reason Foundation analyst, also writes in the LABJ that "Villaraigosa’s plan isn’t as good as Anaheim’s and isn’t as bad as the government-run route pushed by some in San Francisco. The mayor’s timetable calls for WiFi roll out in 2009, but chances are that by then, working on its own, the free market may well have pre-empted city’s broadband goals." LABJ

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Anne Thompson has left the building, but the Hollywood Reporter keeps the Risky Biz Blog going. They just don't tell us who's writing it now.

The venerable weekly magazine gets a new look and a new editorial writing style with Friday's issue. NYT

Barron's says the investor wants to take Tribune private and become chairman of the new entity. Reuters

Toni Sciacqua moves to managing editor from news and design editor. Frank Suraci becomes executive city editor, up from city editor. E&P

Friends of the much-honored former Santa Barbara News-Press editor are throwing a roast Tuesday night in San Francisco.

Elaine Zinngrabe, publisher of Times Community News, goes to senior vice president for The Denver Newspaper Agency's online division. E&P

French police recovered those rare violins taken from the West Hollywood home of Los Angeles Philharmonic musician Mark Kashper in December. One is by Carlo Tononi, the other by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume. AP, LAT

The Los Angeles Neighborhood Councils Congress, city planning department, Los Angeles Conservancy and the Getty Institute are helping hold a conference on saving the city's physical, cultural and social history. It's Sunday March 18th from 10 AM – 4 PM at the Los Angeles Theatre on Broadway downtown. Website.