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Morning Buzz: Friday 6.8.07
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My weekly LA Observed commentary airs on KCRW (and on kcrw.com) at 4:44 pm this afternoon during NPR's "All Things Considered."
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L.A. loses out on federal anti-traffic funds
Gives up chance at perhaps hundreds of millions of dollars rather than implement congestion pricing. LAT
Hollywood rallies around Clinton
Obama fascination looks more and more like a flirtation, Tina Daunt says in her Cause Celebre column. Sen. Clinton raised $850,000 at a Hollywood industry fundraiser last week co-sponsored by Haim Saban and one-time Obama supporter Steven Spielberg at the home of News Corp. President Peter Chernin. LAT
Mercury bottle found in Wilmington
In an alley where children play. Hazmat teams swooped in. Breeze
Mugging in Pico-Robertson
Orthodox Jews walking home from temple have been hit several times and are talking about carrying guns. Police have arrested three teams of suspects. JJ
Chronicle's Sacto bureau chief out
Paul Feist is among the ousted in the San Francisco Chronicle's newsroom decimation, according to the Capitol Morning Report.
L.A. bad for Beckham's health?
He's been warned about frequent transcontinental commuting. AFP
Noted
Further checking on LATimes.com traffic
Alexa disagrees with the Times that its website views are booming — the Alexa graphs show a downward trend this year accelerating in May.
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| Forget plastics, the real action these days is arranging going-out-of-business sales.
| Louis Verdad was one of L.A.'s hottest designers, but he had little idea of how to run a business.
| Without referencing its recent layoff, the Ventura County Star's editor says the suburban LA paper is now "more streamlined and, in many ways, much more efficient."
| We stripped the Indians of their ponies, and now we're doing it to ourselves.
| When the sun looks like that, there's a big fire somewhere regardless of whether we see or smell smoke.
Lee Abrams, Tribune Company's chief innovation officer, doesn’t seem too impressed with the Los Angeles Times. That’s the feeling I got when he appeared at the Los Angeles Press Club.
An Elysian Park venue that was closed for decades is revived.
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