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Morning Buzz: Thursday 8.16.07

Rosendahl's traffic hyperbole, Home Depot loses in Sunland, Mirthala has a new boss at Telemundo 52 and more on that lack of Spanish posters at LACMA's Latin America exhibit — plus more, of course.

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Improving Westside traffic
Modern traffic signals will be installed at 361 intersections and 33 left-turn arrows added. That's all good, but Councilman Bill Rosendahl should switch to lower-dosage hyperbole pills: "We're in total gridlock on the Westside." Total gridlock? Also, councilmembers Greuel and Weiss have a plan for traffic. LAT, DN
King-Harbor post-mortems
Many crucial questions remain unanswered, Celeste Fremon says in LA Weekly. LAW
Sunland Home Depot delayed, at least
Home Depot's bid to open on Foothill Boulevard will need to complete the full environmental review first, as demanded by local opponents. This is the project where advocates were exposed busing in "supporters" and threatened to sue the residents' group that posted a strategy memo. LAT, DN
New gates approved for LAX
Passengers would reach the ten new gates west of the Bradley International Terminal via underground people mover. LAT, Breeze
New boss at Telemundo 52
Michael Rodriguez started Wednesday as interim general manager of KVEA, in the wake of the Mirthala Salinas ethics dustup. He's interesting because his older brother, Ray Rodriguez, is president and CEO of rival Univision. LAT
San Jose journalists's death a suicide
Richard Ramirez had been found stabbed in his backyard on June 20. Mercury-News
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LACMA's lack of Spanish
While the wall-posted information for "The Arts in Latin America" is only in English — due to space limitations, says the museum — the free brochure, audio tour and catalog include Spanish. LA Weekly
Beckham scores for Galaxy
And the Galaxy win. LAT, DN
Prize for LAT staffer
Judy Pasternak of the Times' Washington bureau won the 2007 James V. Risser Prize for Western Environmental Journalism for a four-part series on the U.S. government legacy of uranium mining on the Navajo lands.
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