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Congratulations to Sean Roderick, who graduates today in the top tier of her class at Santa Monica High School. She begins at UCLA in the fall, and her parents are very proud of her. It makes for a distracting day, however, so here's an abbreviated Morning Buzz:
- Karma is really coming back to bite City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo now. Former staffers complained to the Times that he has used city employees to run errands and babysit. Still unclear is what happens if Michelle Delgadillo violates her one-year summary probation, and what are the terms? LAT
- TMZ's publication of excerpts from the O.J. Simpson book ticked off the Goldmans and drew a contempt motion from a court-appointed bankruptcy trustee in Florida. The Smoking Gun
- L.A. drivers react to the papal command that Catholics be nice on the road — and cross themselves before getting behind the wheel.
- Westside Chronicle versus the Beverly Hills Courier. LAT
- The Getty names a new antiquities curator: Karol Wright. LAT
- The Daily News launched a Harry Potter blog.