• New LAUSD Supt. Supt. David L. Brewer has discovered what most of us knew — that things in his district are seriously awry. He releases a scathing 115-page report that concludes big changes are needed.
  • MacAdamsJacob Soboroff videoblogs from along the Rio L.A. with author and Friends of the Los Angeles River co-founder Lewis MacAdams (right), tour guide and LA Observed contributor Jenny Price and LAist's Zach Behrens — and manages to fall in the river on camera. See the video at Native Intelligence.
  • This is the weekend that CBS2 and KCAL9 leave Hollywood behind and switch over to broadcasting from Radford Avenue in Studio City. Those desks better be clean!
  • Former KPPC/KROQ jock Sandy Beach, whose real name was Brad Sopel, died yesterday at age 54. He was at KFXM in Lancaster.
  • Video interview with John Amato of big-time politics blog Crooks and Liars by Andy Sternberg at LAist.
  • Hoffman
  • Mrs. LA Observed and intern Sean share the hots for Dustin Hoffman, partly due to The Graduate and partly because of a letter he wrote 39 years ago. Details at Native Intelligence.
  • The latest edition of SportsLetter from the Amateur Athletic Foundation features interviews with Tommie Smith (known for his black-gloved salute at the Mexico City Olympics and former track coach at Santa Monica College) and ESPN broadcaster Jeremy Schaap, among other items.
  • L.A.'s Dopest Attorney Allison Margolin has gone pretty mainstream — an L.A. Times Column One included — since we first noticed her a couple of years back. Now World of Wonder is flacking a "development deal" with the self-promoting lawyer who has become famous for being famous.
  • Will Swaim talks about why he left the OC Weekly and started The District in Long Beach on KPFK's "Deadline L.A.," noon Saturday on 90.7 FM
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