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Morning Buzz: Wednesday 6.20.07
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Daily News editorial on Delgadillo
"He's done more damage to his future career than his wife could ever inflict on his taxpayer-funded car." DN
Supes pessimistic about King/Harbor
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky said he's losing hope that the hospital will pass federal inspection and stay open. "I believe the guillotine's going to fall in 11 days," Supervisor Mike Antonovich said. LAT
One LAFD bias case rejected
A civil court jury turned down Jabari Jumaane's claims that he was harassed and discriminated against because he is black. Tennie Pierce trial is still pending. LAT, DN
Angelyne vs. Hollywood redevelopment
The star of billboards and nothing else wants more compensation for being relocated by the new W Hotel project at Hollywood and Vine. LAT
Two sets of Downtown rules?
The top story in today's Daily Journal quotes Skid Row activists saying that street people get busted for flicking ashes and public drinking while residents of the gentrified parts of Downtown don't.
Villaraigosa hires gang czar
Jeff Carr is chief operating officer for Sojourners/Call to Renewal, a liberal evangelical group in Washington, D.C. He will will work directly for the mayor as director of gang reduction and youth development programs. LAT, DN
Deputies give Baca low rating
A survey by the deputies union finds 69% disapprove of Sheriff Lee Baca's management of the department. LAT
Noted
Smart growth conversation
Urban experts Gloria Ohland and Robert Bruegmann discuss at the LAT's opinion website whrther the smart growth concept works in a sprawling grid city like Los Angeles.
Husband-and-wife chefs in L.A.
Couples behind Hatfield's, Fraîche, Bastide, Literati II, Beacon and others are changing the restaurant landscape. LAT
Old Van Nuys home already damaged
Roof of original 1910 Whitsett home on Sylvan Street has taken some hits in preparation for demolition. DN
New look at CityWatch
More features and more timely posting. CityWatch
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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.
Seven or fifteen minutes from now I can definitively say I didn't hear the sound of sirens.
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