- KPCC's Adolfo Guzman Lopez airs one of the fire and bomb threats called in to Academia Semillas del Pueblo, promising the Spanish-language charter school that its "beaners" would be burned like a tortilla.
- Daily News staffer Brad Greenberg's God Blog didn't last long. He's headed to the Jewish Journal as a staff writer, blog-rued here by the DN's Brent Hopkins.
LA Observed's David Rensin comes clean at Native Intelligence about dying his hair at his favorite Tarzana salon, a place he likes because it's "open, arty, [offers] many extra services, and best of all, all the hairdressers are attractively busty -- even the men."- USC professor of critical studies Todd Boyd joins the Page 2 lineup at ESPN.com. SoCal Sports Observed
- Further discussion of the Los Angeles River carp, on a new Atwater Village blog on the DN's community news site. East of the 5
- Not so new, but my first visit: LA Weekly deputy editor Joe Donnelly's blog I Got Feelings Too, Man.
- Sale of the Hollywood Palladium is imminent, says the L.A. Independent.
- Moves at the Wall Street Journal bureau: Stephanie Kang to New York and Peter Sanders onto the movie business beat, says Deadline Hollywood Daily.
- Mayor Villaraigosa will pitch his new budget and anti-gang strategy at 2 pm on Friday's "Patt Morrison" on KPCC.
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